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# Twelve years they had served

The events in verses 4-7 happened before verse 3. Your language may have a way of showing this.

# they had served Kedorlaomer

They probably had to pay him taxes and serve in his army. Alternate translation: "they had been under the control of Kedorlaomer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

# they rebelled

"they refused to serve him" or "they stopped serving him"
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00			`# Twelve years they had served`

			`The events in verses 4-7 happened before verse 3. Your language may have a way of showing this.`

			`# they had served Kedorlaomer`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`They probably had to pay him taxes and serve in his army. Alternate translation: "they had been under the control of Kedorlaomer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
			`# they rebelled`

			`"they refused to serve him" or "they stopped serving him"`