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,
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 YAH.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high YAH,
possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high YAH, 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 YAHUAH,
the most high YAH, 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 anything 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.