1 A nd it came to pass in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar, Arioch the king of El-lasar, Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Tidal the king of nations,

2 t hey made war with Bera the king of Sodom, and with Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, and Shemeber the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

3 A ll these were joined in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

4 T welve years had they served Chedorlaomer; and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5 A nd in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-Kirjathaim,

6 a nd the Horites on their mount Seir, to El-Paran, which is by the wilderness.

7 A nd they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt at Hazazon-Tamar.

8 A nd the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar, went out, and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim,

9 w ith Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Tidal the king of nations, and Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar—four kings with the five.

10 A nd the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain.

11 A nd they took all the property of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and departed.

12 A nd they took Lot and his property, Abram's brother's son, and departed. For he dwelt in Sodom.

13 A nd one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. And he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner. And these were Abram's allies.

14 A nd Abram heard that his brother was taken captive; and he led out his trained, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

15 A nd he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is to the left of Damascus.

16 A nd he brought back all the property, and brought again his brother Lot and his property, and the women also, and the people.

17 A nd the king of Sodom went out to meet him after he had returned from smiting Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, into the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's valley.

18 A nd Melchisedec king of Salem brought out bread and wine. And he was priest of the Most High God.

19 A nd he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth.

20 A nd blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him the tenth of all.

21 A nd the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the property for thyself.

22 A nd Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth,

23 i f from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take …; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;

24 s ave only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.