Genesis 14 · Parashat Lech-Lecha

And it came to pass in the days of Amrafel king of Shin῾ar, Aryokh king of Ellasar, Kedorla῾omer king of ῾Elam, and Tid῾al king of Goyim,

that these made war with Bera king of Sedom, and with Birsha king of ῾Amora, Shin᾽av, king of Adma, and Shem᾽ever, king of Żevoyim, and the king of Bela which is Żo῾ar.

All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

Twelve years they served Kedorla῾omer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

And in the fourteenth year came Kedorla῾omer, and the kings that were with him and smote the Refa᾽im in ῾Ashterot-qarnayim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shave-qiryatayim,

and the Ḥori in their mount Se῾ir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

And they returned, and came to ῾En-mishpat, which is Qadesh, and smote all the country of the ῾Amaleqi, and also the Emori, that dwelt in Ḥażażon-tamar.

And there went out the king of Sedom, and the king of ῾Amora, and the king of Adma, and the king of Żevoyim, and the king of Bela (the same is Żo῾ar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

with Kedorla῾omer the king of ῾Elam, and with Tid῾al, king of Goyim, and Amrafel, king of Shin῾ar, and Aryokh, king of Ellasar; four kings against five.

And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sedom and ῾Amora fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

And they took all the goods of Sedom and ῾Amora, and all their foodstuff, and went their way.

And they took Lot, Avram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sedom, and his goods, and departed.

And there came one that had escaped, and told Avram the Hebrew; for he dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre the Emori, brother of Eshkol, and brother of ῾Aner: and these were confederate with Avram.

And when Avram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them to Dan.

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants by night, and smote them, and pursued them to Ḥova, which is on the left hand of Dammeseq.

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

And the king of Sedom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Kedorla῾omer and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shave, which is the king’s dale.

And Malki-żedeq king of Shalem brought out bread and wine: and he was a priest of the most high God.

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Avram of the most high God, Possessor of heaven and earth:

and blessed be the most high God, Who has delivered thy enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tithe of everything.

And the king of Sedom said to Avram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

And Avram said to the king of Sedom, I have raised my hand to the Lord, the most high God, the Possessor of heaven and earth,

that I will take nothing from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take anything that is thine, lest thou shouldst say, I have made Avram rich:

save only that which the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, ῾Aner, Eshkol, and Mamre; let them take their share.