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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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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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All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim , which is the salt sea .
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Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer , and in the thirteenth year they rebelled .
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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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And the Horites in their mount Seir , to El-paran, which is by the wilderness .
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And they returned , and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh , and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
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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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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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And the vale of Siddim was full of slime -pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled , and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain .
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And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah , and all their provisions, and went their way .
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And they took Lot, Abram 's brother 's son , who dwelt in Sodom , and his goods , and departed.
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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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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 to Dan .
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And he divided himself against them, he and his servants by night , and smote them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus .
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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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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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And Melchisedek, king of Salem , brought forth bread and wine : and he was the priest of the most high God.
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And he blessed him, and said , blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth :
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And blessed be the most high God, who hath delivered thy enemies into thy hand . And he gave him tithes of all.
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And the king of Sodom said to Abram , Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
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And Abram said to the king of Sodom , I have lifted my hand to the LORD , the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth ,
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That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe -latchet , and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say , I have made Abram rich:
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Save only 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.