Genesis 14
1
And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of
Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer
king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, 2 they have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha
king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah,
and Shemeber king of Zeboim,
and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar. 3 All these
have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim,
which [is] the *Salt
Sea; 4 twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the
thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who [are] with him, and they
smite 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 El-Paran,
which [is] by the wilderness; 7 and they turn back and come in unto En-Mishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smite the whole field of
the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who is dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar.
8 And the king of Sodom goeth out, and the king of
Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar; and they set the battle in array with them in the
valley of Siddim, 9 with Chedorlaomer
king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel
king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four
kings with the five. 10 And the valley of Siddim [is]
full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there,
and those left have fled to the mountain. 11 And they take the whole substance
of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away; 12 and they
take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his
substance, and go away. 13 And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the *Hebrew, and he
is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite,
brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner,
and they [are] Abram's allies. 14 And Abram heareth
that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth
out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth
unto Dan. 15 And he divideth himself against them by
night, he and his servants, and smiteth them, and pursueth them unto Hobah, which
[is] at the left of Damascus; 16 and he bringeth back
the whole of the substance, and also Lot his *brother and his
substance hath he brought back, and also the women and the people. 17 And the
king of Sodom goeth out to meet him (after his
turning back from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and of
the kings who [are] with him), unto the valley of Shaveh,
which [is] the king's valley. 18 And *Melchizedek
king of *Salem
hath brought out bread and wine, and he [is] priest of God Most High; 19 and he
blesseth him, and saith,
`Blessed [is] Abram to *God Most
High, possessing heaven and earth; 20 and blessed [is] God Most High, who hath
delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of
all. 21 And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, `Give
to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,' 22 and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, `I have lifted up my hand
unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth--23 from a thread even
unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not,
I--I have made Abram rich; 24 save only that which
the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who have gone with me--Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre--they take their portion.'