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and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.</p> <p class="hdg">Lot Seized by the Four Kings</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.</p> <p class="hdg">Abram Rescues Lot</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.</p> <a name="17" id="17"></a><p class="hdg">Melchizedek Blesses Abram<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../hebrews/7.htm">Hebrews 7:1-10</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley). <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself." <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/14-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion."</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. 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