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Bera

A person of the age of the patriarchs, first named at Genesis 14:2.

Lived: the Patriarchs

Where in scripture

Genesis

they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).

Genesis 14:2

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Genesis 14:2

In their own words — 1 recorded saying

“And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.” — Genesis 14:21

Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).