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1 | And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar,
Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal
king of nations; |
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2 | That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha
king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of
Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. |
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3 | All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is
the salt sea. |
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4 | Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth
year they rebelled. |
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5 | And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings
that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth
Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh
Kiriathaim, |
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6 | And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by
the wilderness. |
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7 | And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and
smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the
Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. |
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8 | And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of
Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and
the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle
with them in the vale of Siddim; |
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9 | With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of
nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of
Ellasar; four kings with five. |
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10 | And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that
remained fled to the mountain. |
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11 | And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all
their victuals, and went their way. |
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12 | And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom,
and his goods, and departed. |
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13 | And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the
Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite,
brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were
confederate with Abram. |
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14 | And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he
armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three
hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. |
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15 | And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by
night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is
on the left hand of Damascus. |
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16 | And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his
brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the
people. |
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17 | And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return
from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were
with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. |
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18 | And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine:
and he was the priest of the most high God. |
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19 | And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most
high God, possessor of heaven and earth: |
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20 | And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine
enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. |
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21 | And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons,
and take the goods to thyself. |
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22 | And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand
unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and
earth, |
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23 | That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and
that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou
shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: |
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24 | Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion
of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let
them take their portion. |
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