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

Bera king of Sodom. —The failure of the attempt to explain the names of these five kings, and of the cities over which they ruled …

[That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom
A city in the plain of Jordan, which with the four following made the …

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…