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.
1 Bu arada Şinar Kralı Amrafel, Ellasar Kralı Aryok, Elam Kralı Kedorlaomer ve Goyim Kralı Tidal
2 Sodom Kralı Beraya, Gomora Kralı Birşaya, Adma Kralı Şinava, Sevoyim Kralı Şemevere ve Bala -Soar- Kralına karşı savaş açtı.
3 Bu son beş kral bugün Lut Gölü olan Siddim Vadisinde güçlerini birleştirmişti.
4 Bu krallar on iki yıl Kedorlaomerin egemenliği altında yaşamış, on üçüncü yıl ona başkaldırmışlardı.
5 On dördüncü yıl Kedorlaomerle onu destekleyen öbür krallar gelip Aşterot-Karnayimde Refalıları, Hamda Zuzluları, Şave-Kiryatayimde Emlileri, çöl kenarındaki El-Parana kadar uzanan dağlık Seir bölgesinde Horluları bozguna uğrattılar.
7 Oradan geri dönüp Eyn-Mişpata -Kadeşe- gittiler. Amaleklilerin bütün topraklarını alarak Haseson-Tamarda yaşayan Amorluları bozguna uğrattılar.
8 Bunun üzerine Sodom, Gomora, Adma, Sevoyim, Bala -Soar- kralları yola çıktı. Bu beş kral dört krala -Elam Kralı Kedorlaomer, Goyim Kralı Tidal, Şinar Kralı Amrafel, Ellasar Kralı Aryoka- karşı Siddim Vadisinde savaş düzenine girdiler.
10 Siddim Vadisi zift çukurlarıyla doluydu. Sodom ve Gomora kralları kaçarken adamlarından bazıları bu çukurlara düştü. Sağ kalanlarsa dağlara kaçtı.
11 Dört kral Sodom ve Gomoranın bütün malını ve yiyeceğini alıp gitti.
12 Avramın yeğeni Lutla mallarını da götürdüler. Çünkü o da Sodomda yaşıyordu.
13 Oradan kaçıp kurtulan biri gelip İbrani Avrama durumu bildirdi. Avram Eşkolla Anerin kardeşi Amorlu Mamrenin meşeliğinde yaşıyordu. Bunların hepsi Avramdan yanaydılar.
14 Avram yeğeni Lutun tutsak alındığını duyunca, evinde doğup yetişmiş üç yüz on sekiz adamını yanına alarak dört kralı Dana kadar kovaladı.
15 Adamlarını gruplara ayırdı, gece saldırıp onları bozguna uğratarak Şamın kuzeyindeki Hovaya kadar kovaladı.
16 Yağmalanan bütün malı, yeğeni Lutla mallarını, kadınları ve halkı geri getirdi.
17 Avram Kedorlaomerle onu destekleyen kralları bozguna uğratıp dönünce, Sodom Kralı onu karşılamak için Kral Vadisi olan Şave Vadisine gitti.
18 Yüce Tanrının kâhini olan Şalem Kralı Melkisedek ekmek ve şarap getirdi.
19 Avramı kutsayarak şöyle dedi: ‹‹Yeri göğü yaratan yüce Tanrı Avramı kutsasın,
20 Düşmanlarını onun eline teslim eden yüce Tanrıya övgüler olsun.››
21 Sodom Kralı Avrama, ‹‹Adamlarımı bana ver, mallar sana kalsın›› dedi.
22 Avram Sodom Kralına, ‹‹Yeri göğü yaratan yüce Tanrı RABbin önünde sana ait hiçbir şey, bir iplik, bir çarık bağı bile almayacağıma ant içerim›› diye karşılık verdi, ‹‹Öyle ki, ‹Avramı zengin ettim› demeyesin.
24 Yalnız, adamlarımın yedikleri bunun dışında. Bir de beni destekleyen Aner, Eşkol ve Mamre paylarına düşeni alsınlar.››