Chapter 14

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;

[That these] made¹ 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.

All these were joined together¹ in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

Twelve ⁸¹⁴⁷ years they served^{1 853} Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth ⁶²⁴⁰ year they rebelled.¹

And in the fourteenth ⁷⁰² year came¹ Chedorlaomer, and the kings that [were] with him, and smote⁵⁵ the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

And the Horites ²⁷⁵³ in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness.

And they returned,⁴ and came⁴ to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote⁵⁵ all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt⁶ in Hazezontamar.

And there went out⁴ 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 joined⁴ battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

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.

And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; ^{875 2564} and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,⁴ and fell⁴ there; and they that remained¹² fled¹ to the mountain.

And they took⁴ all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.⁴

And they took⁴ Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt⁶ in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.⁴

And there came⁴ one that had escaped, and told⁵⁵ Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt⁶ in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these [were] confederate ¹²⁸⁵ with Abram.

And when Abram heard⁴ that his brother was taken captive,⁸ he armed⁵⁵ his trained [servants], born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, ⁸⁰⁸³ and pursued⁴ [them] unto Dan.

And he divided¹¹ himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote⁵⁵ them, and pursued⁴ them unto Hobah, which [is] on the left hand of Damascus.

And he brought back⁵⁵ all the goods, and also brought again⁵² his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

And the king of Sodom went out⁴ to meet² him after his return² from the slaughter⁵³ of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that [were] with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king's dale.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth⁵² bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.

And he blessed¹⁷ him, and said,⁴ Blessed⁷ [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor⁶ of heaven and earth:

And blessed⁷ be the most high God, which hath delivered¹⁴ thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave⁴ him tithes of all.

And the king of Sodom said⁴ unto Abram, Give³ me the persons, and take³ the goods to thyself.

And Abram said⁴ to the king of Sodom, I have lift up⁵² mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor⁶ of heaven and earth,

That I will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, ⁸²⁸⁸ and that I will not take⁴ any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest say,⁴ I have made Abram rich:⁵²

Save only that which the young men have eaten,¹ and the portion of the men which went¹ with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take⁴ their portion.