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1And it came to passe in the dayes of Amraphel King of Shinar, Arioch King
of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer King of Elam, and Tidal King of nations:
2That these made warre with Bera King of Sodome, and with Birsha King of
Gomorrah, Shinab King of Admah, and Shemeber King of Zeboiim, and the
King of Bela, which is Zoar.
3All these were ioyned together in the vale of Siddim; which is the salt Sea.
4Twelue yeeres they serued Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yeere they
rebelled.
5And in the fourteenth yeere came Chedorlaomer, and the Kings that were
with him, and smote the Rephaims, in Ashteroth Karnaim, & the Zuzims in
Ham, and the Emims in Shaueh Kiriathaim;
6And the Horites in their mount Seir, vnto El-Paran, which is by the
wildernesse.
7And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, & smote all
the countrey of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in
Hazezon-tamar.
8And there went out the King of Sodome, and the King of Gomorrah, and
the King of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, (the same
is Zoar) and they ioyned battell with them, in the vale of Siddim,
9With Chedorlaomer the King of Elam, and with Tidal King of nations, and
Amraphel King of Shinar, and Arioch King of Ellasar; foure Kings with fiue.
10And the vale of Siddim was full of slime-pits: and the Kings of Sodome &
Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained, fled to the
mountaine.
11And they tooke all the goods of Sodome and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
12And they tooke Lot, Abrams brothers sonne, (who dwelt in Sodome) and
his goods, and departed.
13¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, for
hee dwelt in the plaine of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother
of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captiue, he armed his
trained seruants borne in his owne house, three hundred and eighteene, and
pursued them vnto Dan.
15And hee diuided himselfe against them, he and his seruants by night, and
smote them, and pursued them vnto Hoba, which is on the left hand of
Damascus:
16And hee brought backe all the goods, and also brought againe his brother
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
17¶ And the king of Sodome went out to meete him, (after his returne from
the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the Kings that were with him) at the
valley of Saueh, which is the Kings dale.
18And Melchizedek King of Salem brought foorth bread and wine: and he
was the Priest of the most high God.
19And hee blessed him, and saide; Blessed bee Abram of the most high
God, possessour of heauen and earth,
20And blessed bee the most high God, which hath deliuered thine enemies
into thy hand: and hee gaue him tithes of all.
21And the King of Sodome said vnto Abram, giue me the persons, and take
the goods to thy selfe.
22And Abram said to the King of Sodome, I haue lift vp my hand vnto the
LORD, the most high God, the possessour of heauen and earth,
23That I wil not take from a threed euen to a shoe latchet, and that I will
not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I haue made Abram
rich:
24Saue onely that which the yong men haue eaten, and the portion of the
men which went with mee, Aner, Eschol, and Mamre; let them take their
portion.