Chapter 14

And it came to pass at that time, that Amraphel,king of Sennaar, and Arioch, king of Pontus,and Chodorlahomor, king of the Elamites, andThadal, king of nations,2 Made war against Bara, king of Sodom, andagainst Bersa, king of Gomorrha, and againstSennaab, king of Adama, and against Semeber,king of Seboim, and against the king of Bala,which is Segor.3 All these came together into the woodlandvale, which now is the salt sea.4 For they had served Chodorlahomor twelveyears, and in the thirteenth year they revoltedfrom him.5 And in the fourteenth year came Chodorlahomor, and the kings that were with him: andthey smote the Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim,and the Zuzim with them, and the Emim in Saveof Cariathaim.Book of Genesis 176 And the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir,even to the plains of Pharan, which is in thewilderness.7 And they returned, and came to the fountain of Misphat, the same is Cades: and theysmote all the country of the Amalecites, and theAmorrhean that dwelt in Asasonthamar.8 And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha, and the king of Adama, and the kingof Seboim, and the king of Bala, which is Segor,went out: and they set themselves against themin battle array, in the woodland vale:9 To wit, against Chodorlahomor king of theElamites, and Thadal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Pontus: four kings against five.10 Now the woodland vale had many pits ofslime. And the king of Sodom, and the kingof Gomorrha turned their backs, and were overthrown there: and they that remained, fled tothe mountain.11 And they took all the substance of theSodomites, and Gomorrhites, and all their victuals, and went their way:12 And Lot also, the son of Abram's brother,who dwelt in Sodom, and his substance.13 And behold one, that had escaped, toldAbram the Hebrew, who dwelt in the vale ofMambre the Amorrhite, the brother of Escol,and the brother of Aner: for these had madea league with Abram.14 Which when Abram had heard, to wit, thathis brother Lot was taken, he numbered of theservants born in his house, three hundred andeighteen, well appointed: and pursued them toDan.15 And dividing his company, he rushed uponthem in the night, and defeated them: and pursued them as far as Hoba, which is on the lefthand of Damascus.16 And he brought back all the substance, andLot his brother, with his substance, the womenalso, and the people.17 And the king of Sodom went out to meethim, after he returned from the slaughter ofChodorlahomor, and of the kings that were withhim in the vale of Save, which is the king's vale.18 But Melchisedech, the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priestof the most high God,19 Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abramby the most high God, who created heaven andearth.20 And blessed be the most high God, bywhose protection, the enemies are in thy hands.And he gave him the tithes of all.21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram:Give me the persons, and the rest take to thyself.22 And he answered him: I lift up my handto the Lord God the most high, the possessor ofheaven and earth,23 That from the very woofthread unto theshoe latchet, I will not take of any things thatare thine, lest thou say: I have enriched Abram.24 Except such things as the young men haveeaten, and the shares of the men that came withme, Aner, Escol, and Mambre: these shall taketheir shares.