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RBT Translation:

And he is becoming in the days of Dark-Sayer504 king of Two-Rivers, Lion-like505 king of Elohim-Disciplines,506 Handful-of-Sheaves507 king of Eternity,508 and Great-Builder509 king of Nations,510

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And it shall be in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch king of Alasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations,
LITV Translation:
And it happened in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal king of the nations,
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And it came to pass in the reign of Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,

Footnotes

504
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Strong’s Hebrew #569: Amraphel = ‘sayer of darkness’. Raphel being from #6205 araphel, thick darkness, gloom, cloud.

505
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Strong’s #746: Arioch = lion-like

506
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Strong’s #495: Ellasar = ‘el is chastener’

507
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Strong’s #3540: Chedorlaomer = ‘handful of sheaves’

508
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Strong’s #5867: Elam = ‘eternity, the age’

509
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Strong’s #8413: Tidal = ‘great builder’

510
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These all describe Jesus perfectly. His garments are divided into four parts at the cross. He spoke in dark sayings, riddles, and parables (John 16:25); is the Lion of Judah (Rev. 5:5); the eternal King (Jer. 10:10); is the Master of the harvest (Luk. 10:2); and is the Great Builder of God (Heb. 1).