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Kings of the Valley Take Lot

¹ And it happened in the days of Amraphel king of ^(C1)Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of ^(C2)Elam, and Tidal king of ^(F1)Goiim,² that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of ^(C1)Admah, and Shemeber king of ^(C2)Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, ^(C3)Zoar).³ All these ^(F1)came as allies to ^(C1)the valley of Siddim (that is, ^(C2)the Salt Sea).⁴ Now for twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled.⁵ So in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and struck the ^(C1)Rephaim in ^(C2)Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in ^(F1)(C3)Shaveh-kiriathaim,⁶ and the ^(C1)Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as ^(C2)El-paran, which is by the wilderness.⁷ Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, ^(C1)Kadesh). And they struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who were living in ^(C2)Hazazon-tamar.⁸ And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they arranged themselves for battle against them in ^(C1)the valley of Siddim,⁹ against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of ^(F1)Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five—¹⁰ now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits—and ^(C1)the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell ^(F1)into them; but those who remained behind fled to the ^(C2)hill country.¹¹ Then they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply and departed.¹² They also took Lot, ^(C1)Abram's nephew, and his possessions and departed; ^(C2)now he was living in Sodom.

¹³ Then ^(F1)a fugitive came and told Abram the ^(C1)Hebrew. Now he was dwelling by the ^(F2)(C2)oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were ^(F3)(C3)in a covenant with Abram.¹⁴ So Abram heard that ^(C1)his ^(F1)relative had been taken captive, and he ^(F2)led out his trained men, ^(C2)born in his house, 318 in number, and went in pursuit as far as ^(C3)Dan.^15 (C1)And he divided ^(F1)his men against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is ^(F2)north of ^(C2)Damascus.¹⁶ And he ^(C1)brought back all the possessions, and he also brought back ^(C2)his ^(F1)relative Lot with his possessions and also the women and the people.

Melchizedek Blesses Abram

¹⁷ Then after he came back from striking down Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, ^(C1)the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, ^(C2)the King's Valley).¹⁸ And ^(C1)Melchizedek king of Salem brought out ^(C2)bread and wine; now he was a ^(C3)priest of ^(F1)God Most High.¹⁹ Then he blessed him and said,

"Blessed be Abram of ^(F1)God Most High,
^(F2)(C1)Possessor of heaven and earth;

²⁰ And blessed be ^(F1)God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand."
^(C1)Then he gave him a tenth of all.