Genesis 14

Lot's Capture Genesis 14:5–12

⁵Verse 5. In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, ⁶Verse 6. and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El Paran, which is by the wilderness. ⁷Verse 7. They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar. ⁸Verse 8. The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;

⁹Verse 9. 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. ¹⁰Verse 10. Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and some fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills. ¹¹Verse 11. They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way. ¹²Verse 12. They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Abram's Rescue Mission Genesis 14:13–16

¹³Verse 13. One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and they were allies of Abram. ¹⁴Verse 14. When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. ¹⁵Verse 15. 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. ¹⁶Verse 16. He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the other people.

Meeting Melchizedek and Refusing Reward Genesis 14:17–24

¹⁷Verse 17. 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). ¹⁸Verse 18. Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. ¹⁹Verse 19. He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: ²⁰Verse 20. and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all. ²¹Verse 21. The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself.”

²²Verse 22. Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, ²³Verse 23. 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.’ ²⁴Verse 24. 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.”