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          DASV: Genesis 14    

1 In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar,
Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim,
2 they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah,
Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim and the king of
Bela (that is, Zoar).
3 All these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is,
the Salt or Dead Sea).
4 For twelve years they served Kedorlaomer,
but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5 So in the fourteenth year Kedorlaomer, and the kings that were
with him, came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim,
and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
6 and the Horites in the mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran,
on the edge of the wilderness.
7 Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is Kadesh),
and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the
Amorites, who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah,
the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went
out and prepared for battle against them in the Valley of Siddim;
9 against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, 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 as
the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled some fell into them,
while the rest fled into the hills.
11 So the victors seized all the plunder of Sodom and Gomorrah
and all their food, and went their way.
12 They also took Lot, Abram's nephew, who lived in Sodom,
and his goods, and departed.

13 But one who escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew who lived
by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol,
and brother of Aner who were Abram's allies.
14 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive,
he mustered 318 of his trained men, born in his house,
and pursued as far as Dan.
15 Now he divided his forces against them at night,
he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them to Hobah,
just north of Damascus.
16 Then he brought back all the goods, and also brought back
his nephew Lot with his goods, and the women and the people.

17 After his return from his victory over Kedorlaomer and the
kings that were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet
him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
18 Then Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine;
he was priest of God Most High.
19 And he blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.
20 And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies
into your hand." And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

21 Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people,
but take the goods for yourself."
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand
swearing to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
23 that I will not take even a thread or a thong of a sandal
or anything that is yours, so that you will never say, 'I made Abram rich.'
24 I will accept what my young men have eaten, and the share for the
men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their share."

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