Genesis 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 Goiim,

2 [that] they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and Birsha king of Gomorrah, [and] Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that [is], Zoar).

3 All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that [is], the Salt Sea).

4 Two [and] ten years they had served Chedorlaomer, and in the three and tenth year they rebelled.

5 And in the four and tenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings who [were] with him, and they struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzites in Ham, and the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

6 and the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which [is] by the wilderness.

7 And they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that [is], Kadesh), and they struck all the territory of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who was dwelling in Hazazon-tamar.

8 And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that [is], Zoar). And they arrayed in battle with them in the Valley of Siddim—

9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against the five.

10 And the Valley of Siddim had pits, pits of tar; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and [some] fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.

11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

12 And they took Lot, son of Abram's brother, and his goods, and they departed; and he was dwelling in Sodom.

13 And the escapee came, and he told Abram the Hebrew, and he was dwelling by the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were possessors [of] a covenant with Abram.

14 And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, and he drew out his trained men, those born in his house, eight [and] ten and three hundred, and he went in pursuit as far as Dan.

15 And he divided himself against them by night—he and his servants—and he struck them and he pursued them as far as Hobah, which [is] north of Damascus.

16 And he brought back all the goods, and also Lot, his brother, and his goods; he also brought back the women and the people.

17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from striking Chedorlaomer and the kings who [were] with him at the Valley of Shaveh (that [is], the King’s Valley).

18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine, and he [was] priest of El-Elyon.

19 And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram to El-Elyon, Possessor of the heavens and earth,

20 and blessed be El-Elyon, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave to him a tenth of everything.

21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give to me the souls, and take the goods for yourself.”

22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to YHWH El-Elyon, Possessor of the heavens and earth,

23 from a thread even to a strap of a sandal, that I will [not] take anything that [is] yours—lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’—

24 Except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”