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.
