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Genesis 14

War of the Kings

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And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of  aShinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of  bElam, and Tidal king of  1Goiim,

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that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of  aAdmah, and Shemeber king of  bZeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is,  cZoar).

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All these  1came as allies to  athe valley of Siddim (that is,  bthe Salt Sea).

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Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and  1defeated the  aRephaim in  bAshteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in  2 cShaveh-kiriathaim,

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and the  aHorites in their Mount Seir, as far as  bEl-paran, which is by the wilderness.

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Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is,  aKadesh), and  1conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in  bHazazon-tamar.

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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 arrayed for battle against them in  athe valley of Siddim,

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against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of  1Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar--four kings against five.

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Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and  athe kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell  1into them. But those who survived fled to the  bhill country.

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Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed.

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They also took Lot,  aAbram's nephew, and his possessions and departed,  bfor he was living in Sodom.

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Then  1a fugitive came and told Abram the  aHebrew. Now he was  2living by the  3 boaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were  4 callies with Abram.

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When Abram heard that  ahis  1relative had been taken captive, he  2led out his trained men,  bborn in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far as  cDan.

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 aHe divided  1his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and  2defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is  3north of  bDamascus.

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He  abrought back all the goods, and also brought back  bhis  1relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people.

God's Promise to Abram

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Then after his return from the  1defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him,  athe king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is,  bthe King's Valley).

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And  aMelchizedek king of Salem brought out  bbread and wine; now he was a  cpriest of  1God Most High.

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He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram of  1God Most High,  2 aPossessor of heaven and earth;

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And blessed be  1God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand."  aHe gave him a tenth of all.

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The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give the  1people to me and take the goods for yourself."

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Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have  1sworn to the LORD  2 aGod Most High,  3 bpossessor of heaven and earth,

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that  aI will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, `I have made Abram rich.'

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1I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me,  aAner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share."



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