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 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 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 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.