Jan.
14
Genesis
14
Gen
14:1 It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch,
king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of
Goiim,
Gen
14:2 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).
Gen
14:3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is
the Salt Sea).
Gen
14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth
year, they rebelled.
Gen
14:5 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,
Gen
14:6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by
the wilderness.
Gen
14:7 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.
Gen
14:8 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) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the
valley of Siddim;
Gen
14:9 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.
Gen
14:10 Now the valley 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 hills.
Gen
14:11 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
food, and went their way.
Gen
14:12 They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and
his goods, and departed.
Gen
14:13 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 allies of Abram.
Gen
14:14 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.
Gen
14:15 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.
Gen
14:16 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his
relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Gen
14:17 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
valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
Gen
14:18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he
was priest of God Most High.
Gen
14:19 He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most
High, possessor of heaven and earth:
Gen
14:20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies
into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.
Gen
14:21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and
take the goods to yourself."
Gen
14:22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my
hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
Gen
14:23 that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything
that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
Gen
14:24 I will accept nothing from you except 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."