Genesis 14

¹Now it happened in that time that Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Pontus, and Chedorlaomer, king of the Elamites, and Tidal, king of the Nations

²went to war against Bera, king of Sodom, and against Birsha, king of Gomorrah, and against Shinab, king of Admah, and against Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and against the king of Bela, that is Zoar

³All these came together in the wooded valley, which is now the Sea of Salt

⁴For they had served Chedorlaomer for twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they withdrew from him

⁵Therefore, in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer arrived, and the kings who were with him. And they struck the Rephaim at Ashteroth of the two horns, and the Zuzim with them, and the Emim at Shaveh-Kiriathaim

⁶and the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, even to the plains of Paran, which is in wilderness

⁷And they returned and arrived at the fountain of Mishpat, which is Kadesh. And they struck the entire region of the Amalekites, and the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazontamar

⁸And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and indeed the king of Bela, which is Zoar, went forth. And they directed their point against them in the wooded valley

⁹namely, against Chedorlaomer, king of the Elamites, and Tidal, king of the Nations, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Pontus: four kings against five

¹⁰Now the wooded valley had many pits of bitumen. And so the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah turned back and they fell there. And those who remained, fled to the mountain

¹¹Then they took all the substance of the Sodomites and the Gomorrahites, and all that pertained to food, and they went away

¹²along with both Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, who lived in Sodom, and his substance

¹³And behold, one who had escaped reported it to Abram the Hebrew, who lived in the steep valley of Mamre the Amorite, who was the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner. For these had formed an agreement with Abram

¹⁴When Abram had heard this, namely, that his brother Lot had been taken captive, he numbered three hundred and eighteen of his own armed men and he went in pursuit all the way to Dan

¹⁵And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night. And he struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus

¹⁶And he brought back all the substance, and Lot his brother, with his substance, likewise the women and the people

¹⁷Then the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter at Chedorlaomer, and the kings who were with him at the valley of Shaveh, which is the valley of the king

¹⁸Then in truth, Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, for he was a priest of the Most High God

¹⁹he blessed him, and he said: “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, who created heaven and earth

²⁰And blessed be the Most High God, through whose protection the enemies are in your hands.” And he gave him tithes from everything

²¹Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me these souls, and take the rest for yourself.

²²And he responded to him: “I lift up my hand to the Lord God, the Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth

²³that from one thread within a blanket, even to a single shoelace, I will not take anything from that which is yours, lest you say, ‘I have enriched Abram,

²⁴except that which the young men have eaten, and the shares for the men who came with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. These will take their shares.