1. אמרפל 'amrāpel — Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk — Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי …

The vale of Siddim was full of slimepits. —That is, of holes from which bitumen had been excavated. Layers of this natura…

And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled. Some explain that they had fallen into pits. But this is not probable, since they were by no mea…

And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits
Or "wells" or "fountains of slime" or bitumen ^F19 ; a liqu…

The wars of nations feature prominently in history, but we would not have had the record of this particular war if Abram and Lot had not been invol…