And it came to passin the daysof Amraphelkingof Shinar, Ariochkingof Ellasar, Chedorlaomerkingof Elam, and Tidalkingof nations; That these madewarwithBerakingof Sodom, and withBirshakingof Gomorrah, Shinabkingof Admah, and Shemeberkingof Zeboiim, and the kingof Bela, whichis Zoar. Allthesewere joined togetherinthe valeof Siddim, whichis the saltsea. Twelveyearsthey servedChedorlaomer, and in the thirteenthyearthey rebelled. And in the fourteenthyearcameChedorlaomer, and the kingsthat were withhim, and smotethe Rephaimsin Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzimsin Ham, and the Emimsin Shaveh Kiriathaim, And the Horitesin their mountSeir, untoEl-paran, which is bythe wilderness. And they returned, and cametoEn-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smoteallthe countryof the Amalekites, and alsothe Amorites, that dweltin Hazezon-tamar. And there went outthe kingof Sodom, and the kingof Gomorrah, and the kingof Admah, and the kingof Zeboiim, and the kingof Bela(the same is Zoar) and they joinedbattlewiththem in the valeof Siddim; WithChedorlaomerthe kingof Elam, and with Tidalkingof nations, and Amraphelkingof Shinar, and Ariochkingof Ellasar; fourkingswithfive. And the valeof Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kingsof Sodomand Gomorrahfled, and fellthere; and they that remainedfledto the mountain. And they tookallthe goodsof Sodomand Gomorrah, and alltheir victuals, and went their way. And they tookLot, Abram's brother's son, whodweltin Sodom, and his goods, and departed. And there cameone that had escaped, and toldAbramthe Hebrew; for hedweltin the plainof Mamrethe Amorite, brotherof Eshcol, and brotherof Aner: and these were confederatewith Abram. And when Abramheardthathis brotherwas taken captive, he armedhis trained servants , bornin his own house, threehundredand eighteen, and pursued them untoDan. And he divided himselfagainstthem, heand his servants, by night, and smotethem, and pursuedthem untoHobah, which is on the left handof Damascus. And he brought backallthe goods, and alsobrought againhis brotherLot, and his goods, and the womenalso, and the people. And the kingof Sodomwent outto meethim afterhis returnfrom the slaughterof Chedorlaomer, and of the kingsthat were withhim, atthe valleyof Shaveh, which is the king's dale. And Melchizedekkingof Salembrought forthbreadand wine: and he was the priestof the most highGod. And he blessedhim, and said, Blessed be Abramof the most highGod, possessorof heavenand earth: And blessedbe the most highGod, whichhath deliveredthine enemiesinto thy hand. And he gavehim tithesof all. And the kingof SodomsaiduntoAbram, Giveme the persons, and takethe goodsto thyself. And Abramsaidtothe kingof Sodom, I have lifted upmine handuntothe LORD, the most highGod, the possessorof heavenand earth, That I will not take from a threadeven toto a shoelatchet, and that I will nottakeany thingthat is thine, lestthou shouldest say, Ihave made Abram rich: Saveonlythat whichthe young menhave eaten, and the portionof the menwhichwentwithme, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let themtaketheir portion.