Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 14:3

"All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea)." — Genesis 14:3 (ASV)

The Horites. — Cave-men, the aboriginal inhabitants of Mount Seir, subsequently conquered by the Edomites (Deuteronomy 2:12; Deuteronomy 2:22). The miserable condition of these earth-men is described in Job 30:3-8.

El-paran. — This forest of oaks (or terebinths) was on the edge of the great wilderness, and reached to within three days’ journey of Sinai (Numbers 10:12; Numbers 10:33).