Genesis 14
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
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, 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 in Ashteroth
Karnaim, and the
Zuzims in
Ham, and the
Emims 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 Enmishpat, which is
Kadesh, and
smote all the
country of the
Amalekites, and also the
Amorites, that
dwelt in
Hazezontamar. 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; 9 With
Chedorlaomer the
king of
Elam, and with
Tidal king of
nations, and
Amraphel king of
Shinar, and
Arioch king of
Ellasar; four kings with
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 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 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
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, and also brought
again 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, 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 to thyself.
22 And
Abram said to the
king of
Sodom, I have lift
up mine
hand unto the
LORD, the most
high God, 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.