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 nations ; 2That these 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 , which is Zoar . 3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim , which 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 Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim , and the Zuzims in Ham , and the Emims 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 , which is Kadesh , and smote all the country of the Amalekites , and also the Amorites , that dwelt in Hazezon-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 joined battle 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 ; four kings with five . 10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits ; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled , and 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 ; for he dwelt in the plain 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 armed his trained servants , born in his own house , three hundred and eighteen , and pursued them unto Dan . 15And he divided himself against them, he and his servants , by night , 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 again 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 of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh , which is the king’s dale . 18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine : and he was the priest of the most high God . 19And he blessed him, and said , Blessed be Abram of the most high God , possessor of heaven and earth : 20And blessed be the most high God , which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand . And he gave him tithes 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 lift up mine hand unto the LORD , the most high God , the possessor of heaven and earth , 23That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet , and that I will not take any thing 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 which went with me, Aner , Eshcol , and Mamre ; let them take their portion .