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Chapter
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.

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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.

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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,

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And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

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And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the
country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

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;

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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.

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And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor
of heaven and earth:

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And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy
hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

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And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods
to thyself.

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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,

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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:

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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.