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 Factum est autem in illo tempore, ut Amraphel rex Senaar, et Arioch rex Ponti, et Chodorlahomor rex Elamitarum, et Thadal rex gentium 2 inirent bellum contra Bara regem Sodomorum, et contra Bersa regem Gomorrh, et contra Sennaab regem Adam, et contra Semeber regem Seboim, contraque regem Bal, ipsa est Segor. 3 Omnes hi convenerunt in vallem Silvestrem, qu nunc est mare salis. 4 Duodecim enim annis servierunt Chodorlahomor, et tertiodecimo anno recesserunt ab eo. 5 Igitur quartodecimo anno venit Chodorlahomor, et reges qui erant cum eo : percusseruntque Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim, et Zuzim cum eis, et Emim in Save Cariathaim, 6 et Chorros in montibus Seir, usque ad Campestria Pharan, qu est in solitudine. 7 Reversique sunt, et venerunt ad fontem Misphat, ipsa est Cades : et percusserunt omnem regionem Amalecitarum, et Amorrhum, qui habitabat in Asasonthamar. 8 Et egressi sunt rex Sodomorum, et rex Gomorrh, rexque Adam, et rex Seboim, necnon et rex Bal, qu est Segor : et direxerunt aciem contra eos in valle Silvestri : 9 scilicet adversus Chodorlahomor regem Elamitarum, et Thadal regem Gentium, et Amraphel regem Sennaar, et Arioch regem Ponti : quatuor reges adversus quinque. 10 Vallis autem Silvestris habebat puteos multos bituminis. Itaque rex Sodomorum, et Gomorrh, terga verterunt, cecideruntque ibi : et qui remanserant, fugerunt ad montem. 11 Tulerunt autem omnem substantiam Sodomorum et Gomorrh, et universa qu ad cibum pertinent, et abierunt : 12 necnon et Lot, et substantiam ejus, filium fratris Abram, qui habitabat in Sodomis.13 Et ecce unus, qui evaserat, nuntiavit Abram Hebro, qui habitabat in convalle Mambre Amorrhi, fratris Escol, et fratris Aner : hi enim pepigerant fdus cum Abram. 14 Quod cum audisset Abram, captum videlicet Lot fratrem suum, numeravit expeditos vernaculos suos trecentos decem et octo : et persecutus est usque Dan. 15 Et divisis sociis, irruit super eos nocte : percussitque eos, et persecutus est eos usque Hoba, qu est ad lvam Damasci. 16 Reduxitque omnem substantiam, et Lot fratrem suum cum substantia illius, mulieres quoque et populum. 17 Egressus est autem rex Sodomorum in occursum ejus postquam reversus est a cde Chodorlahomor, et regum qui cum eo erant in valle Save, qu est vallis regis.18 At vero Melchisedech rex Salem, proferens panem et vinum, erat enim sacerdos Dei altissimi, 19 benedixit ei, et ait : Benedictus Abram Deo excelso, qui creavit clum et terram : 20 et benedictus Deus excelsus, quo protegente, hostes in manibus tuis sunt. Et dedit ei decimas ex omnibus. 21 Dixit autem rex Sodomorum ad Abram : Da mihi animas, cetera tolle tibi. 22 Qui respondit ei : Levo manum meam ad Dominum Deum excelsum possessorem cli et terr, 23 quod a filo subtegminis usque ad corigiam calig, non accipiam ex omnibus qu tua sunt, ne dicas : Ego ditavi Abram : 24 exceptis his, qu comederunt juvenes, et partibus virorum, qui venerunt mecum, Aner, Escol et Mambre : isti accipient partes suas.