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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 14 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Genesis 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/13.htm" title="Genesis 13">◄</a> Genesis 14 <a href="../genesis/15.htm" title="Genesis 15">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Abram Rescues Lot</h3><p class="par"><span class="v0_14_1"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.1" class="v0_14_1">1</span>Four kings, Amraphel of Babylonia, Arioch of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer of Elam, and Tidal of Goiim, </span><span class="v0_14_2"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.2" class="v0_14_2">2</span>went to war against five other kings: Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (or Zoar). </span><span class="v0_14_3"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.3" class="v0_14_3">3</span>These five kings had formed an alliance and joined forces in Siddim Valley, which is now the Dead Sea. </span><span class="v0_14_4"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.4" class="v0_14_4">4</span>They had been under the control of Chedorlaomer for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him. </span><span class="v0_14_5"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.5" class="v0_14_5">5</span>In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and his allies came with their armies and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in the plain of Kiriathaim, </span><span class="v0_14_6"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.6" class="v0_14_6">6</span>and the Horites in the mountains of Edom, pursuing them as far as Elparan on the edge of the desert. </span><span class="v0_14_7"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.7" class="v0_14_7">7</span>Then they turned around and came back to Kadesh (then known as Enmishpat). They conquered all the land of the Amalekites and defeated the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_14_8"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.8" class="v0_14_8">8</span>Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela drew up their armies for battle in Siddim Valley and fought </span><span class="v0_14_9"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.9" class="v0_14_9">9</span>against the kings of Elam, Goiim, Babylonia, and Ellasar, five kings against four. </span><span class="v0_14_10"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.10" class="v0_14_10">10</span>The valley was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away from the battle, they fell into the pits; but the other three kings escaped to the mountains. </span><span class="v0_14_11"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.11" class="v0_14_11">11</span>The four kings took everything in Sodom and Gomorrah, including the food, and went away. </span><span class="v0_14_12"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.12" class="v0_14_12">12</span>Lot, Abram's nephew, was living in Sodom, so they took him and all his possessions.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_14_13"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.13" class="v0_14_13">13</span>But a man escaped and reported all this to Abram, the Hebrew, who was living near the sacred trees belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his brothers Eshcol and Aner were Abram's allies. </span><span class="v0_14_14"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.14" class="v0_14_14">14</span>When Abram heard that his nephew had been captured, he called together all the fighting men in his camp, 318 in all, and pursued the four kings all the way to Dan. </span><span class="v0_14_15"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.15" class="v0_14_15">15</span>There he divided his men into groups, attacked the enemy by night, and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus, </span><span class="v0_14_16"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.16" class="v0_14_16">16</span>and got back all the loot that had been taken. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other prisoners.</span></p><h3 class="s">Melchizedek Blesses Abram</h3><p class="par"><span class="v0_14_17"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.17" class="v0_14_17">17</span>When Abram came back from his victory over Chedorlaomer and the other kings, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in Shaveh Valley (also called King's Valley). </span><span class="v0_14_18"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.18" class="v0_14_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.14.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And Melchizedek, who was king of Salem and also a priest of the Most High God, brought bread and wine to Abram, </span><span class="v0_14_19"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.19" class="v0_14_19">19</span>blessed him, and said, “May the Most High God, who made heaven and earth, bless Abram! </span><span class="v0_14_20"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.20" class="v0_14_20">20</span>May the Most High God, who gave you victory over your enemies, be praised!” And Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the loot he had recovered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_14_21"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.21" class="v0_14_21">21</span>The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Keep the loot, but give me back all my people.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_14_22"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.22" class="v0_14_22">22</span>Abram answered, “I solemnly swear before the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the Most High God, Maker of heaven and earth, </span><span class="v0_14_23"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.23" class="v0_14_23">23</span>that I will not keep anything of yours, not even a thread or a sandal strap. Then you can never say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.’ </span><span class="v0_14_24"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.14.24" class="v0_14_24">24</span>I will take nothing for myself. I will accept only what my men have used. But let my allies, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, take their share.”</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p class="yiv9003199930MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). 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