¶ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel¹ king of Shinar², Arioch king of Ellasar³, Chedorlaomer king of Elam⁴, and Tidal king of nations;

That these made war with Bera king of Sodom⁵, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah⁶, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim⁷, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar⁸.

All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea⁹.

Twelve years they served¹⁰ Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled¹¹.

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims¹² in Ashteroth¹³ Karnaim, and the Zuzims¹⁴ in Ham, and the Emims¹⁵ in Shaveh Kiriathaim¹⁶,

And the Horites¹⁷ in their mount Seir, unto Elparan¹⁸, which is by the wilderness.

And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh¹⁹, and smote all the country of the Amalekites²⁰, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar²¹.

And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same²² is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in²³ the vale of Siddim;

With Chedorlaomer²⁴ the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.

¶ And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits²⁵; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell²⁶ there; and they that remained fled to the mountain²⁷.

²⁸And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

And they took Lot²⁹, Abram's brother's son, who³⁰ dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

¶ And there came one³¹ that had escaped, and told Abram the³² Hebrew; for he dwelt³³ in the plain of Mamre³⁴ the Amorite³⁵, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these³⁶ were confederate with Abram.

And when Abram heard that his brother³⁷ was taken captive, he armed³⁸ his trained³⁹ servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan⁴⁰.

And he⁴¹ divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote⁴² them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus⁴³.

⁴⁴And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

¶ And the king of Sodom went out to⁴⁵ meet him after⁴⁶ his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings⁴⁷ that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.

And Melchizedek king⁴⁸ of Salem brought forth bread⁴⁹ and wine: and he was the priest⁵⁰ of the most⁵¹ high God.

And he blessed⁵² him, and said, Blessed be⁵³ Abram of the most high⁵⁴ God, possessor⁵⁵ of heaven and earth:

¶ And blessed⁵⁶ be the most high God, which⁵⁷ hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes⁵⁸ of all.

¶ And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons⁵⁹, and take the goods to thyself.

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift⁶⁰ up mine hand unto⁶¹ the LORD, the most⁶² high God, the possessor⁶³ of heaven and earth,

That I⁶⁴ will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest⁶⁵ thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

Save⁶⁶ only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner⁶⁷, Eshcol, and Mamre; let⁶⁸ them take their portion.