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Genesis 14
The campaign of the four great kings[*a]
1 It was in the time of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedor-laomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of the Goum.
2 These made war on Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboum, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
3 These latter all banded together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
4 For twelve years they had been under the yoke of Chedor-laomer, but in the thirteenth year they revolted.
5 In the fourteenth year Chedor-laomer arrived and the kings who were on his side. They defeated the Rephaim at Asteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim at Ham, the Emim in the plain of Kiriathaim,
6 the Horites in the mountainous district of Seir as far as El-paran, which is on the edge of the wilderness.
7 Wheeling round, they came to the Spring of Judgement (that is, Kadesh); they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites and also the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
8 Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboum and Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and took up battle positions against them in the Valley of Siddim,
9 against Chedor-laomer king of Elam, Tidal king of the Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar: four kings against five!
10 Now there were many bitumen wells in the Valley of Siddim, and in their flight the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fell into them, while the rest took refuge in the mountains.
11 The conquerors seized all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and made off.
12 They also took Lot (the nephew of Abram) and his possessions and made off; he was living at Sodom.
13 A survivor came to tell Abram the Hebrew, who was living at the Oak of the Amorite Mamre, the brother of Eshcol and Aner; these were allies of Abram.
14 When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he mustered his supporters, the members of his household from birth, numbering three hundred and eighteen, and led them in pursuit as far as Dan.
15 He and his servants fell on them by night and defeated them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
16 He recaptured all the goods, along with his kinsman Lot and his possessions, together with the women and people.
Melchizedek
17 When Abram came back after the defeat of Chedor-laomer and the kings who had been on his side, the king of Sodom came to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the Valley of the King).[*b]
18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought bread and wine; he was a priest of God Most High.
19 He pronounced this blessing:
20 ‘Blessed be Abram by God Most High, creator of heaven and earth, and blessed be God Most High for handing over your enemies to you’. And Abram gave him a title of everything.
21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, ‘Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself’.
22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, ‘I raise my hand in the presence of Yahweh, God Most High, creator of heaven and earth:
23 not one thread, not one sandal strap, nothing will I take of what is yours; you shall not say, “I enriched Abram”.
24 For myself, nothing. There is only what my men have eaten, and the share belonging to the men who came with me, Eshkol, Aner and Mamre; let them take their share.’