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And it came to pass in the days[H3117] of Amraphel[H569]king[H4428] of Shinar[H8152], Arioch[H746]king[H4428] of Ellasar[H495], Chedorlaomer[H3540]king[H4428] of Elam[H5867], and Tidal[H8413]king[H4428] of nations[H1471];
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That these made[H6213]war[H4421]with[H854]Bera[H1298]king[H4428] of Sodom[H5467], and with[H854]Birsha[H1306]king[H4428] of Gomorrah[H6017], Shinab[H8134]king[H4428] of Admah[H126], and Shemeber[H8038]king[H4428] of Zeboiim[H6636], and the king[H4428] of Bela[H1106], which is[H1931]Zoar[H6820].
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All these were joined together[H2266] in the vale[H6010] of Siddim[H7708], which[H1931] is the salt[H4417]sea[H3220].
4Twelve[H6240]years[H8141] they served[H5647]Chedorlaomer[H3540], and in the thirteenth[H7969]year[H8141] they rebelled[H4775].
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And in the fourteenth[H6240]year[H8141]came[H935]Chedorlaomer[H3540], and the kings[H4428] that were with him, and smote[H5221] the Rephaims[H7497] in Ashteroth Karnaim[H6255], and the Zuzims[H2104] in Ham[H1990], and the Emims[H368] in Shaveh Kiriathaim[H7741],
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And the Horites[H2752] in their mount[H2042]Seir[H8165], unto Elparan[H364], which is by[H5921] the wilderness[H4057].
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And they returned[H7725], and came[H935]to[H413]Enmishpat[H5880], which is Kadesh[H6946], and smote[H5221] all the country[H7704] of the Amalekites[H6003], and also the Amorites[H567], that dwelt[H3427] in Hazezontamar[H2688].
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And there went out[H3318] the king[H4428] of Sodom[H5467], and the king[H4428] of Gomorrah[H6017], and the king[H4428] of Admah[H126], and the king[H4428] of Zeboiim[H6636], and the king[H4428] of Bela(the same[H1931] is Zoar[H6820];) and they joined[H6186]battle[H4421] with them in the vale[H6010] of Siddim[H7708];
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With Chedorlaomer[H3540] the king[H4428] of Elam[H5867], and with Tidal[H8413]king[H4428] of nations[H1471], and Amraphel[H569]king[H4428] of Shinar[H8152], and Arioch[H746]king[H4428] of Ellasar[H495]; four[H702]kings[H4428] with five[H2568].
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And the vale[H6010]of[H875]Siddim[H7708] was full of[H875]slimepits[H875]; and the kings[H4428]of[H875]Sodom[H5467] and Gomorrah[H6017]fled[H5127], and fell[H5307] there; and they that remained[H7604]fled[H5127] to the mountain[H2022].
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And they took[H3947] all the goods[H7399] of Sodom[H5467] and Gomorrah[H6017], and all their victuals[H400], and went their way[H3212].
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And they took[H3947]Lot[H3876], Abram's brother's son[H1121], who dwelt[H3427] in Sodom[H5467], and his goods[H7399], and departed[H3212].
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And there came[H935] one that had escaped[H6412], and told[H5046]Abram[H87] the Hebrew[H5680]; for he dwelt[H7931] in the plain[H436] of Mamre[H4471] the Amorite[H567], brother[H251] of Eshcol[H812], and brother[H251] of Aner[H6063]: and these were confederate[H1167] with Abram[H87].
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And when Abram[H87]heard[H8085] that his brother[H251] was taken captive[H7617], he armed[H7324] his trained[H2593] servants, born[H3211] in his own house[H1004], three[H7969]hundred[H3967] and eighteen[H6240], and pursued[H7291] them unto Dan[H1835].
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And he divided[H2505] himself against them, he and his servants[H5650], by night[H3915], and smote[H5221] them, and pursued[H7291] them unto Hobah[H2327], which is on the left hand[H8040] of Damascus[H1834].
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And he brought back[H7725] all the goods[H7399], and also brought again[H7725] his brother[H251]Lot[H3876], and his goods[H7399], and the women[H802] also, and the people[H5971].
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And the king[H4428] of Sodom[H5467] went out[H3318] to meet[H7125] him after[H310] his return[H7725] from the slaughter[H5221] of Chedorlaomer[H3540], and of the kings[H4428] that were with him, at the valley[H6010] of Shaveh[H7740], which[H1931] is the king[H4428]'s dale[H6010].
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And Melchizedek[H4442]king[H4428] of Salem[H8004] brought forth[H3318]bread[H3899] and wine[H3196]: and he was the priest[H3548] of the most high[H5945]God[H410].
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And he blessed[H1288] him, and said[H559], Blessed[H1288] be Abram[H87] of the most high[H5945]God[H410], possessor[H7069] of heaven[H8064] and earth[H776]:
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And blessed[H1288] be the most high[H5945]God[H410], which hath delivered[H4042] thine enemies[H6862] into thy hand[H3027]. And he gave[H5414] him tithes[H4643] of all.
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And the king[H4428] of Sodom[H5467]said[H559] unto Abram[H87], Give[H5414] me the persons[H5315], and take[H3947] the goods[H7399] to thyself.
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And Abram[H87]said[H559] to the king[H4428] of Sodom[H5467], I have lift up[H7311] mine hand[H3027] unto the LORD[H3068], the most high[H5945]God[H410], the possessor[H7069] of heaven[H8064] and earth[H776],
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That I will not[H518]take[H3947] from a thread[H2339] even to a shoelatchet[H5275], and that I will not[H518]take[H3947] any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say[H559], I have made[H6238]Abram[H87]rich[H6238]:
24Save[H1107] only that which[H834] the young men[H5288] have eaten[H398], and the portion[H2506] of the men[H582]which[H834]went[H1980]with[H854] me, Aner[H6063], Eshcol[H812], and Mamre[H4471]; let them[H1992]take[H3947] their portion[H2506].