ULT GEN Chapter 14

Abram Rescues Lot from Four Kings

14:1-16

14 Now it happened in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of the Goiim, 2 they made war against Bera king of Sodom, and against Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim, which is now the Sea of Salt.

4 For twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 Then in the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him went and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth-Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-Kiriathaim, 6 and the Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and they struck the entire territory of the Amalekites and also the Amorites, who were living in Hazezon Tamar. 8 Then the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar, went out into the Valley of Siddim and arranged themselves for battle 9 against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against the five.

10 Now the Valley of Siddim had many tar pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there. And those who remained fled to the hill country. 11 Then they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and left. 12 And they took Lot and his possessions, the son of Abram’s brother, when they left, since he was living in Sodom.

13 Then someone who escaped came and reported to Abram the Hebrew. And he was living by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner, and they were owners of a covenant with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, then he led out his 318 trained men who had been born in his house, and he pursued his enemies as far as Dan. 15 Then he divided against them during the night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued them to Hobah, which is north of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the possessions, and he also brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, and also the women and the other people.

Melchizedek Blesses Abram

14:17-24

17 Then the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh, which is the King’s Valley, after he returned from striking Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. 18 Then Melchizedek the king of Salem brought out bread and wine. And he was a priest to God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said,

“May Abram be blessed by God Most High,

the Possessor of heaven and earth.

20 And praised be God Most High,

who delivered your enemies into your hand!”

Then he gave to him a tenth of everything. 21 Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give to me the people, but the possessions take for yourself.” 22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, 23 if from a thread even to the strap of a sandal, or if I take from anything that belongs to you, so that you will not say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ 24 I will take nothing, except what the young men have eaten and the share of the other men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their share.”