Genesis Chapter 14 Back Next{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} 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) went out; 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
hills.
{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 out 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 (that is, the
King's Valley).
{14:18}
Melchizedek king of Salem brought out
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 sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
{14:24} I will accept nothing from you except 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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