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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/genesis/14.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Abram Rescues Lot</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, Babylonia; also in verse 9">a</a></sup></span> Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley). <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran near the desert. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or a relative; or an ally">b</a></sup></span> of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and he blessed Abram, saying,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,</p><p class="line2">Creator of heaven and earth.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And praise be to God Most High,</p><p class="line2">who delivered your enemies into your hand.”</p></div><p class="pcontinued">Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/14-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre. Let them have their share.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, Babylonia; also in verse 9</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>a relative</i>; or <i>an ally</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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