| Chapter
14 |
| 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 Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham,
and the Emins 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 slime pits; 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. |
