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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;
02 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.
03 All these were joined together in the
vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
04 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer,
and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
05 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 Emins in Shaveh
Kiriathaim,
06 And the Horites in their mount Seir,
unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
07 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.
08 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;
09 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.
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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.
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