| 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch
king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
2 that 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 (the same is Zoar). 3 All these joined together in the vale of Siddim
(the same is the Salt Sea). 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and
in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came
Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in
Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
6 and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the
wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is
Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites,
that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and
the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the
king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against
them in the vale of Siddim; 9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal
king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four
kings against the five. 10 Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits;
and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that
remained fled to the mountain. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and
Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took
Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and
departed.
13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he
dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of
Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that
his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his
house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. 15 And he
divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them,
and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And
he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his
goods, and the women also, and the people.
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of
Shaveh (the same is the King's Vale). 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem
brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. 19 And
he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of
heaven and earth: 20 and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered
thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all. 21 And the
king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to
thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand
unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that I will
not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou
shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 save only that which the young
men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol,
and Mamre. Let them take their portion.
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