Genesis 14
14:1 It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of
Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
14:2 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).
14:3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt
Sea).
14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they
rebelled.
14:5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him,
and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim
in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
14:6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the
wilderness.
14:7 They returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all
the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon
Tamar.
14:8 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 valley of Siddim;
14:9 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.
14:10 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and
Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain.
14:11 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and
went their way.
14:12 They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods,
and departed.
14:13 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the
oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these
were allies of Abram.
14:14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his
trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far
as Dan.
14:15 He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck
them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
14:16 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot,
and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
14:17 The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of
Shaveh (the same is the King's Valley).
14:18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest
of God Most High.
14:19 He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of
heaven and earth:
14:20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your
hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.
14:21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods
to yourself."
14:22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God
Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
14:23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor anything that is
yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
14:24 Except only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the
men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre: let them take their portion."
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