The War of the Kings

1And it shall be in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch king of Alasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations, 2Made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, this is Zoar. 3All these joined together in the valley of Siddim; this is the sea of salt. 4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they revolted. 5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and they shall smite the Rephaims in Ashtaroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim. 6And the Horites in their mountain Seir to Ael Paran, which is by the wilderness. 7And they shall turn back and shall come to En-Mishpat; this is Kadesh; and they shall smite all the field of the Amalekites and also of the Amorites dwelling in Hazezon Tamar. 8And there shall come forth the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela (this is Zoar), and they shall set in array with them the war in the valley of Siddim, 9With Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Alasar; four kings with five.

Abram Rescues Lot

10And the valley of Siddim, pit, pit of pitch; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah shall flee and shall fall there; and those having remained shall flee to the mountain. 11And they will take all the substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and will go away. 12And they shall take Lot and his substance, the son of Abram's brother, and will go away, and he will dwell in Sodom.

13And he having escaped, will come and declare to Abram, the Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oaks of Mamra, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner: and these having a covenant with Abram. 14And Abram shall hear that his brother was carried away captive, and he will draw forth his trained, born in his house, eighteen and three hundred, and will pursue, even to Dan. 15And he will divide against them at night, he and his servants, and will smite them, and will pursue them even to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16And he shall turn back all the substance, and also Lot, his brother, and having turned back his cattle, and also the women and the people.

Melchizedek Blesses Abram
(Psalm 110:1–7; Hebrews 7:1–10)

17And the king of Sodom shall come forth to his meeting (after his return from the destroying of Chedorlaomer and the kings which were with him) at the valley of Shaveh; this is the king's valley. 18And Melchise-dek, king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine: and he is priest of the most high God.

19And he will bless him, and will say, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessing the heavens and the earth.

20And praised be the most high God who delivered thine oppressors into thy hand; and he will give him of the tenth of all.

21And the king of Sodom will say to Abram, Give to me the living creature, and take the The hard copy spelling records the following as: susbtancesubstance to thyself. 22And Abram will say to the king of Sodom, I lifted up my hand to Jehovah God the most high, possessing the heavens and the earth. 23If from a line and to a shoe-string and if I shall take from all which is to thee, and thou shalt not say I enriched Abram: 24Nothing yet for me except what the young men ate, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamra; they shall take their portion.