The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of ^aShinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

 2 That 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 ^aZoar.

 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the ^asalt sea.

 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the ^aRephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the ^bZuzims in Ham, and the ^cEmims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

 6 And the ^aHorites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

 7 And 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.

 8 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 same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

 9 With 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.

 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of ^aslimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

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

 12 And they took ^aLot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

 13 ¶And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the ^aHebrew; for he dwelt ^bin the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, ^ahe armed his trained servants, ^bborn in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the ^aleft hand of Damascus.

 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his ^abrother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

 17 ¶And 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 ^aking’s dale.

 18 And ^aMelchizedek king of ^bSalem brought forth ^cbread and wine: ^dand he was the ^epriest of the most high God.

 19 And he blessed him, and said, ^aBlessed be Abram of the most high ^bGod, ^cpossessor of heaven and earth:

 20 And ^ablessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him ^btithes of all.

 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the ^agoods to thyself.

 22 And 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,

 23 That 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 ^arich:

 24 Save 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 ^aportion.