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And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
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When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
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Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
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these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
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All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley).
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In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim
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against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
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Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.
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The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away.
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After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
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I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
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I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
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And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
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The Rulers of Edom
These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:
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“Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus,
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The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
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The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
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The total number of Levites counted at the Lord’s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.
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The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.
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To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,
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counted by clans, were 2,750.
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counted by their clans and families, were 2,630.
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and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.
