Genesis 14

Lot’s Captivity and Rescue

14In the days of King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim,H3117H569H4428H8152H746H4428H495H3540H4428H5867H8413H4428H14712these kings made war with King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).H6213H4421H854H1298H4428H5467H1306H4428H6017H8134H4428H126H8038H4428H6636H4428H1106H1931H68203All these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea).H2266H6010H7708H1931H4417H32204Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.H6240H8147H8141H5647H853H3540H7969H6240H8141H47755In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,H6240H702H8141H935H3540H4428H5221H7497H6255H2104H1990H368H77416and the Horites in the hill country of Seir as far as El-paran on the edge of the wilderness;H2752H2042H8165H364H5921H40577then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and subdued all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.H7725H935H413H5880H6946H5221H7704H6003H567H3427H26888Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out, and they joined battle in the Valley of SiddimH3318H4428H5467H4428H6017H4428H126H4428H6636H4428H1106H1931H6820H6186H4421H6010H77089with King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar, four kings against five.H3540H4428H5867H8413H4428H1471H569H4428H8152H746H4428H495H702H4428H256810Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country.H6010H7708H875H875H2564H4428H5467H6017H5127H5307H7604H5127H202211So the enemy took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way;H3947H7399H5467H6017H400H321212they also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.H3947H3876H87H251H1121H3427H5467H7399H321213Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner; these were allies of Abram.H935H6412H5046H87H5680H7931H436H4471H567H251H812H251H6063H1167H1285H8714When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred eighteen of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.H87H8085H251H7617H7324H2593H3211H1004H7969H3967H6240H8083H7291H183515He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.H2505H5650H3915H5221H7291H2327H8040H183416Then he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his nephew Lot with his goods, and the women and the people.H7725H7399H7725H251H3876H7399H802H5971

Abram Blessed by Melchizedek

17After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).H4428H5467H3318H7125H310H7725H5221H3540H4428H6010H7740H1931H4428H601018And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High.H4442H4428H8004H3318H3899H3196H3548H5945H41019He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth;H1288H559H1288H87H5945H410H7069H8064H77620and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" And Abram gave him one tenth of everything.H1288H5945H410H4042H6862H3027H5414H464321Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, but take the goods for yourself."H4428H5467H559H87H5414H5315H3947H739922But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have sworn to the LORD, God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,H87H559H4428H5467H7311H3027H3068H5945H410H7069H8064H77623that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, so that you might not say, 'I have made Abram rich.'H518H2339H5275H8288H518H3947H559H6238H87H623824I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their share."H1107H834H5288H398H2506H582H1980H854H6063H812H4471H1992H3947H2506