Genesis Chapter 14

• Genesis 14:1
  Genesis.
• Genesis 14:2
  In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar; Arioch, king of Ellasar; Chedorlaomer, king of Elam; and Tidal, king of Goiim,
• Genesis 14:3
  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 (also called ...
• Genesis 14:4
  All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea).
• Genesis 14:5
  They served Chedorlaomer for twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
• Genesis 14:6
  In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Sh...
• Genesis 14:7
  and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
• Genesis 14:8
  They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon...
• Genesis 14:9
  The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar) went out; and they set th...
• Genesis 14:10
  against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
• Genesis 14:11
  Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and some fell there. Those who remained fled to the hills.
• Genesis 14:12
  They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.
• Genesis 14:13
  They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
• Genesis 14:14
  One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner. ...
• Genesis 14:15
  When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his three hundred eighteen trained men, born in his house, and pursued as far as Dan.
• Genesis 14:16
  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.
• Genesis 14:17
  He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot and his goods, and the women also, and the other people.
• Genesis 14:18
  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 (t...
• Genesis 14:19
  Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High.
• Genesis 14:20
  He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.
• Genesis 14:21
  Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.
• Genesis 14:22
  The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself.”
• Genesis 14:23
  Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
• Genesis 14:24
  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.’
• Genesis 14:25
  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 t...