~Genesis 14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king ofShinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, andTidal king of Goiim,
~Genesis 14:2 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and withBirsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber kingof Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).
~Genesis 14:3 All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (thesame is the Salt Sea).
~Genesis 14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in thethirteenth year they rebelled.
~Genesis 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and thekings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashterothkarnaim,and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
~Genesis 14:6 and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan,which is by the wilderness.
~Genesis 14:7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the sameis Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also theAmorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
~Genesis 14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king ofGomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and theking of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in arrayagainst them in the vale of Siddim;
~Genesis 14:9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king ofGoiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;four kings against the five.
~Genesis 14:10 Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and thekings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they thatremained fled to the mountain.
~Genesis 14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah,and all their victuals, and went their way.
~Genesis 14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dweltin Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
~Genesis 14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abramthe Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite,brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederatewith Abram.
~Genesis 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was takencaptive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundredand eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
~Genesis 14:15 And he divided himself against them by night, he andhis servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which ison the left hand of Damascus.
~Genesis 14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also broughtback his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and thepeople.
~Genesis 14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after hisreturn from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that werewith him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King's Vale).
~Genesis 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth breadand wine: and he was priest of God Most High.
~Genesis 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram ofGod Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
~Genesis 14:20 and blessed be God Most High, who hath deliveredthine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.
~Genesis 14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me thepersons, and take the goods to thyself.
~Genesis 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted upmy hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven andearth,
~Genesis 14:23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet noraught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
~Genesis 14:24 save only that which the young men have eaten, andthe portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.Let them take their portion
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