1 And it
came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, [that] Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and
Tidal king of nations;
2 That these
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, which is Zoar.
3 All these
were joined together in the vale of Siddim, the
salt valley, which 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 Rephaims, the giants, in
Ashteroth and Karnaim, and the Zuzims
in Ham, and strong nations with them,
and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 And the
Horites in their mount Seir, unto the
turpentine tree, El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
7 And they
returned, and came to En-mishpat, the
well of judgment which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the
Amalekites, and they cut in pieces all
the princes of Amalec, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-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
joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim, the salt valley;
9 With [against] Chedorlaomer the king of
Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch
king of Ellasar; four kings with [against]
five.
10 And the
vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,
and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
11 And they
took all the goods, all the cavalry, 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; for he dwelt in the plain
of Mamre, by the oak 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, Lot his
nephew. was taken captive, he numbered,
armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and
eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15 And he
divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them,
and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16 And he
brought back all the goods, all the
cavalry of Sodom, and also brought again his nephew, 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 of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh,
which is the king’s dale.
18 And
Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest
of the most high God.
19 And he
blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth, possessor of
heaven and earth:
20 And
blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.
And he gave him tithes of all.
21 And the
king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods, the horses, to thyself.
22 And Abram
said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most
high God, who made the heaven and the
earth, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23 That I
will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any
thing 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 which went with
me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
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