¹ And Abram went·​·up out·​·of Egypt, he^◦ and his wife, and all that he had^◦, and Lot with him, toward the south^*.

² And Abram was· very ·heavy in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

³ And he went according·​·to^▵ his journeys from the south and even·​·to Bethel, even·​·to the place where his tent was in the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

⁴ to^▵ the place of the altar which he had made there in the beginning^◦; and there Abram called on^◦ the name of Jehovah.

⁵ And Lot also, who went^◦ with^◦ Abram, had^◦ flock and herd, and tents.

⁶ And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together, for their acquisition was great^◦, and they were· not ·able to dwell together.

⁷ And there was strife between the shepherds of the livestock of Abram and the shepherds of the livestock of Lot; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite were then^▵ dwelling in the land.

⁸ And Abram said to^▵ Lot, Let there be no^◦ strife, I pray^◦, between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we^◦ men^◦ are brothers.

⁹ Is not all the land before thee? Separate, I pray^◦, from me; if to the left, then I will go·​·to·​·the·​·right; and if to the right, then I will go·​·to·​·the·​·left.

¹⁰ And Lot lifted his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that all of it was well watered^◦, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like^◦ the garden of Jehovah, like^◦ the land of Egypt coming·​·into Zoar.

¹¹ And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed from^* the east; and they were separated, a man^◦ from his brother.

¹² Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched· his ·tent even·​·to Sodom.

¹³ And the men^◦ of Sodom were evil and sinners against^▵ Jehovah exceedingly.

¹⁴ And Jehovah said to^▵ Abram, after that Lot was separated from with him, Lift·​·up now^◦ thine eyes, and look^◦ from the place where^▵ thou^◦ art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward^◦.

¹⁵ For all the land which thou^◦ seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed, even·​·to eternity.

¹⁶ And I will set thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man^◦ is·​·able to count the dust of the earth, also shall thy seed be counted.

¹⁷ Arise, walk through the land, to the length of her and to the breadth of her; for to thee will I give her.

¹⁸ And Abram pitched· his ·tent, and came, and dwelt in the oak·​·groves of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar to Jehovah.

¹ It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

² that they 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 (the same is Zoar).

³ All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).

⁴ Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.

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,

⁶ and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

⁷ They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.

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 (the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;

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.

¹⁰ Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills.

¹¹ They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.

¹² They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

¹³ One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.

¹⁴ When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

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.

¹⁶ He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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).

¹⁸ Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.

¹⁹ He blessed him, and said, "blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:

²⁰ and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.

²¹ The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."

²² Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

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.'

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."