¹⁰ Now the Valley of Siddim was full of ^(A)asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled ^(B)to the mountains. ¹¹ Then they took ^(C)all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. ¹² They also took Lot, Abram’s ^(D)brother’s son ^(E)who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

¹³ Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the ^(F)Hebrew, for ^(G)he dwelt by ^[a]the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; ^(H)and they were allies with Abram. ¹⁴ Now ^(I)when Abram heard that ^(J)his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were ^(K)born in his own house, and went in pursuit ^(L)as far as Dan. ¹⁵ He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants ^(M)attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is ^[b]north of Damascus. ¹⁶ So he ^(N)brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.

¹⁷ And the king of Sodom ^(O)went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the ^(P)King’s Valley), ^(Q)after his return from the ^[c]defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.

Abram and Melchizedek^(R)

¹⁸ Then ^(S)Melchizedek king of Salem brought out ^(T)bread and wine; he was ^(U)the priest of ^(V)God Most High. ¹⁹ And he blessed him and said:

And he ^(Z)gave him ^[d]a tithe of all.

²¹ Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the ^[e]persons, and take the goods for yourself.”

²² But Abram ^(AA)said to the king of Sodom, “I ^(AB)have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, ^(AC)the Possessor of heaven and earth, ²³ that ^(AD)I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’— ²⁴ except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”

The King of Righteousness^(A)

7 For this ^(B)Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, ² to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” ³ without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.

⁴ Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the ^[a]spoils.