Genesis 14
1 And it came to pass in the reign of
Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chodollogomor king
of Elam, and Thargal king of nations,
2 made war with Balla king of Sodom,
and with Barsa king of Gomorrha, and with Sennaar, king of Adama, and with
Symobor king of Seboim and the king of Balac, this is Segor.
3 All these
aGr. agreed.met with one consent at the salt valley; this is
now the sea of salt.
4 Twelve years they served
Chodollogomor, and the thirteenth year they revolted.
5 And in the fourteenth year came
Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in
Astaroth, and Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommæans in the
city Save. 6 And the Chorrhæans in the
mountains of Seir, to the turpentine tree of Pharan, which is in the desert.
7 And having turned back they came to
the well of judgment; this is Cades, and they cut in pieces all the princes of
Amalec, and the Amorites dwelling in Asasonthamar.
8 And the king of Sodom went out, and
the king of Gomorrha, and king of Adama, and king of Seboim, and king of
Balac, this is Segor, and they set themselves in array against them for war in
the salt valley, 9 against
Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations, and Amarphal king of
Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, the four kings against the five.
10 Now the salt valley
consists of slime-pits. And the king of Sodom fled
and the king of Gomorrha, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled
to the mountain country. 11 And they
took all the cavalry of Sodom and Gomorrha, and all their provisions, and
departed. 12 And they took also Lot
the son of Abram's brother, and his baggage, and departed, for he dwelt in
Sodom.
13 And one of them that had been
rescued came and told Abram the
bGr. passer. Heb. עֹבֹר.Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oak of Mamre the Amorite the brother of Eschol,
and the brother of Aunan, who were confederates with Abram.
14 And Abram having heard that Lot
his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own home-born
servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued
after them to Dan. 15 And he came
upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as
far as Choba, which is on the left of Damascus.
16 And he recovered all the cavalry
of Sodom, and he recovered Lot his nephew, and all his possessions, and the
women and the people. 17 And the king
of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of
Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, to the valley of Saby; this was the
plain of the kings.
18 And Melchisedec king of Salem
brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God.
19 And he blessed Abram, and said,
Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,
20 and blessed be the most high God
who delivered thine enemies into thy
cGr. under hand to thee.power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all.
21 And the king of Sodom said to
Abram, Give me the men, and take the
dOr, cavalry. Heb. הרכש.horses to thyself. 22 And Abram said
to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high
God, who made the heaven and the earth,
23 that I
will not take from all thy goods from a string to a shoe-latchet, lest thou
shouldest say, I have made Abram rich.
24 Except what things the young men
have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Eschol, Aunan,
Mambre, these shall take a portion.