[1] It happened 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 with Birsha, king of Gomorrah,
Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela
(the same is Zoar). [3] All these joined together in the vale of Siddim
(the same is the Salt Sea). [4] Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and
in the thirteenth year, they rebelled. [5] In the fourteenth year
Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim
in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in
Shaveh-kiriathaim, [6] and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan,
which is by the wilderness. [7] They returned, and came to En-mishpat (the
same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the
Amorites, that lived in Hazazon-tamar. [8] 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 set the battle
in array against them in the vale 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] Now the vale of Siddim
was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they
fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain. [11] They took all
the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their
way. [12] They took Lot, Abram`s brother`s son, who lived in Sodom, and his
goods, and departed. [13] One who had escaped came and told Abram, the
Hebrew: now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol,
and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. [14] When Abram
heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men,
born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
[15] He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and
struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of
Damascus. [16] He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his
relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. [17] The
king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of
Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the
same is the King`s Vale). [18] Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth
bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. [19] He blessed him,
and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and
earth: [20] and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies
into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all. [21] The king of Sodom
said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself." [22]
Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God
Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, [23] that I will not take a
thread nor a shoe-latchet nor anything that is yours, lest you should say,
`I have made Abram rich.` [24] Except only that which the young men have
eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and
Mamre: let them take their portion."
