Genesis 14

Revised Geneva Translation

14 And it happened that in the days of Amraphel (King of Shinar), Arioch (King of Ellasar), Chedorlaomer (King of Elam), and Tidal (King of the Nations),

² 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 (which is Zoar).

³ All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).

⁴ They were subject to Chedorlaomer for twelve years; but in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.

⁵ And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer came (and the kings who were with him) and struck the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

⁶ and the Horites on their Mount Seir, to the plain of El Paran (which is by the wilderness).

⁷ And they returned and came to En Mishpat (which is Kadesh) and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelled in Hazezon Tamar.

⁸ Then, the King of Sodom went out, and the King of Gomorrah, and the King of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela (which is Zoar); and they joined battle with them in the valley of Siddim

⁹ —that is, with Chedorlaomer (King of Elam), and Tidal (King of Nations), and Amraphel (King of Shinar), and Arioch (King of Ellasar) — four kings against five.

¹⁰ Now, the valley of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the Kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there. And the residue fled to the mountain.

¹¹ And they took all the substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their supplies, and went their way.

¹² They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, and his substance (for he dwelt at Sodom) and departed.

¹³ Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt on the plain of Mamre the Amorite (brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, who were allies of Abram).

¹⁴ When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he brought forth three hundred and eighteen of those who were born and brought up in his own house and pursued them to Dan.

¹⁵ Then he and his servants divided themselves against them at night, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah (which is on the left side of Damascus).

¹⁶ And he recovered all the substance, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, and also the women and the people.

¹⁷ After he returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who were with him, the King of Sodom came forth to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (which is the King’s dale).

¹⁸ And Melchizedek, King of Salem, brought forth bread and wine; and he was a Priest of the Most High God.

¹⁹ Therefore, he blessed him, saying, “Abram, you are blessed of God Most High, Possessor of Heaven and Earth.

²⁰ “And blessed be the Most High God, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And Abram gave him tithes of all.

²¹ Then, the King of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the souls, and take the goods for yourself.”

²² “And Abram said to the King of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Possessor of Heaven and Earth,

²³ “so that I will not take all that is yours, from thread to shoe latchet (lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’),

²⁴ “except that which the young men have eaten and the portions of the men which went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their parts.”