1 En in die dae van Amrafel, die koning van S¡near, Ar¡og, die koning van Ell sar, Kedor-Laomer, die koning van Elam, en T¡deal, die koning van die nasies,
2 het hulle oorlog gevoer teen Bera, die koning van Sodom, en teen Bisra, die koning van Gomorra, S¡neab, die koning van Adma, en Sem,ber, die koning van Seboim, en teen die koning van Bela, dit is Soar.
3 Hulle het almal hulle leërs verenig in die laagte Siddim, dit is die Soutsee.
4 Twaalf jaar lank het hulle Kedor-Laomer toe al gedien, maar in die dertiende jaar het hulle opstandig geword.
5 Toe kom Kedor-Laomer in die veertiende jaar, en die konings wat saam met hom was, en hulle verslaan die Refa‹ete in Asterot-Karnaim en die Susiete in Ham en die Emiete in die vlakte van Kirjat im
6 en die Horiete op hulle gebergte Se‹r, tot by El-Paran wat aan die woestyn lê.
7 Daarop het hulle omgedraai en by En-Mispat, dit is Kades, gekom en die hele land van die Amalekiete verower en ook die Amoriete wat in H seson-Tamar woon.
8 Toe trek die koning van Sodom uit en die koning van Gomorra en die koning van Adma en die koning van Seboim en die koning van Bela, dit is Soar, en stel hulle in die laagte Siddim in slagorde teen hulle op,
9 teen Kedor-Laomer, die koning van Elam, en T¡deal, die koning van die nasies, en Amrafel, die koning van S¡near, en Ar¡og, die koning van Ell sar: vier konings teen vyf.
10 Maar die laagte Siddim was vol gate in die lymgrond; en toe die konings van Sodom en Gomorra wegvlug, het hulle daarin geval, en die wat oorgebly het, het na die gebergte gevlug.
11 En hulle het al die goed van Sodom en Gomorra en al hulle voedsel geneem en weggetrek.
12 Hulle het ook Lot, Abram se broerskind, en al sy goed geneem en weggetrek -- want hy was in Sodom woonagtig.
13 Toe kom daar een wat vrygeraak het, en vertel dit aan Abram, die Hebreër, wat woonagtig was by die terpentynbome van Mamre, die Amoriet, broer van Eskol en broer van Aner; en hulle was bondgenote van Abram.
14 Toe Abram hoor dat sy broer as gevangene weggevoer is, het hy sy geoefende manne wat in sy huis gebore is, laat uittrek, drie honderd en agtien, en hulle tot by Dan agtervolg --
15 hy het hulle in die nag van verskillende kante aangeval, hy en sy dienaars, en hulle verslaan en hulle agtervolg tot by Hoba wat noord van Damaskus lê.
16 En hy het al die goed teruggebring, en ook sy broer Lot en sy goed teruggebring; en ook die vroue en die manskappe.
17 N sy terugkoms van die oorwinning op Kedor-Laomer en die konings wat saam met hom was, het die koning van Sodom uitgetrek hom tegemoet na die laagte Sawe, dit is die Koningslaagte.
18 En Melgis,dek, die koning van Salem, wat 'n priester van God, die Allerhoogste, was, het brood en wyn gebring
19 en hom geseënen gesê: Geseënd is Abram deur God, die Allerhoogste, die Skepper van hemel en aarde.
20 En geseënd is God, die Allerhoogste, wat u vyande in u hand gegee het. Toe gee hy hom die tiende van alles.
21 En die koning van Sodom sê vir Abram: Gee my die mense, maar neem die goed vir uself.
22 Toe antwoord Abram die koning van Sodom: Ek hef my hand op tot die HERE, God, die Allerhoogste, die Skepper van hemel en aarde,
23 dat ek geen draad en geen skoenriem, ja, dat ek niks sal neem van alles wat uwe is nie, sodat u nie kan sê nie: Ek het Abram ryk gemaak.
24 Niks vir my nie! Net wat die dienaars geëet het en die deel van die manne wat saam met my getrek het, Aner, Eskol en Mamre, laat die hulle deel neem.
1 Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
2 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 (which is Zoar).
3 All these came together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).
4 For twelve years they were under the rule of Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they put off his control.
5 And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were on his side, overcame the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mountain Seir, driving them as far as El-paran, which is near the waste land.
7 Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
8 And the king of Sodom with the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is Zoar), went out, and put their forces in position 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 holes of sticky earth; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were put to flight and came to their end there, but the rest got away to the mountain.
11 And the four kings took all the goods and food from Sodom and Gomorrah and went on their way.
12 And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.
13 And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.
14 And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.
15 And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.
16 And he got back all the goods, and Lot, his brother's son, with his goods and the women and the people.
17 And when he was coming back after putting to flight Chedorlaomer and the other kings, he had a meeting with the king of Sodom in the valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley.
18 And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,
19 And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:
20 And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken.
21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
23 That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:
24 Give me nothing but the food which the fighting-men who went with me have had; but let Aner and Eshcol and Mamre have their part of the goods.