1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar , Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam , and Tidal king of Goiim , 2that they made war with Bera king of Sodom , and with Birsha king of Gomorrah , Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim , and the king of Bela ( the same is Zoar ). 3All these joined together in the vale of Siddim ( the same is the Salt Sea ). 4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer , and in the thirteenth year they rebelled . 5And 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-kiriathaim, 6and the Horites in their mount Seir , unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness . 7And they returned , and came to En-mishpat ( the same is Kadesh ), and smote all the country of the Amalekites , and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar . 8And 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 same is Zoar ); and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim ; 9against Chedorlaomer king of Elam , and Tidal king of Goiim , and Amraphel king of Shinar , and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five . 10Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits ; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled , and they fell there , and they that remained fled to the mountain . 11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah , and all their victuals, and went their way . 12And they took Lot , Abram’s brother’s son , who dwelt in Sodom , and his goods , and departed .
Abram Rescues Lot
13And there came one that had escaped , and told Abram the Hebrew : now he dwelt by the oaks 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 captive , he led forth his trained men , born in his house , three hundred and eighteen , and pursued as far as Dan . 15And he divided himself against them by night , he and his servants , and smote them , and pursued them unto Hobah , which is on the left hand of Damascus . 16And he brought back all the goods , and also brought back his brother Lot , and his goods , and the women also , and the people .
Melchizedek Blesses Abram
17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him , after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him , at the vale of Shaveh ( the same is the King ’s Vale ). 18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine : and he was priest of God Most High . 19And he blessed him , and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High , possessor of heaven and earth : 20and blessed be God Most High , who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand . And he gave him a tenth of all .
Abram's Refusal of the King's Gifts
21And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons , and take the goods to thyself . 22And Abram said to the king of Sodom , I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah , God Most High , possessor of heaven and earth , 23that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich : 24save 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 .