Then, during the night, ¹  Abram ²  divided his forces ³  against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north ⁴  of Damascus.

biblegateway Gen 14:15

He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

And he and his servants deployed against them by night, attacked them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.

He split up his men to attack them at night. He defeated them, pursuing them all the way to Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

biblegateway Gen 14:15

During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

bibleoremus Gen 14:15

He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

Abram and his followers surrounded the enemy by night, routed them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

biblegateway Gen 14:15

He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which [is] on the left hand of Damascus.

biblegateway Gen 14:15

Then, during the night, ¹  Abram ²  divided his forces ³  against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north ⁴  of Damascus.

¹ tn The Hebrew text simply has “night” as an adverbial accusative.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “he divided himself…he and his servants.”

⁴ tn Heb “left.” Directions in ancient Israel were given in relation to the east rather than the north.