Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Twelve years had they served Chedorlaomer; and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Genesis — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel. The history related in this chapter is chiefly worthy of remembrance, for three reasons: first, because Lot, with a gentle reproof, exhorted the men of Sodom to repentance; they had, however, become altogether unteachable, and desperately perverse in their…