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 Naquela altura havia guerra nessa terra: Amrafel rei de Sinar, Arioque rei de Elasar, Quedorlaomer rei de Elam e Tidal rei de Goim estavam em guerra contra Bera rei de Sodoma, Birsa rei de Gomorra, Sinabe rei de Admá, Semeber rei de Zeboim, e contra o rei de Bela, que mais tarde passou a chamar-se Zoar.
3 Esta última coligação de reis (os de Sodoma, Gomorra, Admá, Zeboim e Bela) mobilizou os seus exércitos no vale de Sidim, isto é: no vale do Mar de Sal, porque durante 12 anos tinham estado submetidos a Quedorlaomer, e durante o décimo terceiro ano de sujeição começaram a rebelar-se.
5 No ano seguinte aconteceu que Quedorlaomer e os seus aliados decidiram começar a castigar duramente várias tribos: os refains em Asterote-Carnaim, os zuzims em Cão, os emins em Savé-Quiriataim e os horeus no monte Seir, alcançando até a planície de Pará, no limite do deserto. Depois continuaram a carnificina, em Enmispate, agora chamada Cades, destruindo os amalequitas, assim como os amorreus que viviam em Hazazomtamar.
8 Foi então que a tal coligação de reis de Sodoma, Gomorra, Admá, Zeboim e Bela (ou Zoar) se prepararam para a batalha, no vale do Mar de Sal, contra os outros, que eram Quedorlaomer e os seus aliados. Eram portanto 4 reis contra 5. Acontecia aliás que aquele vale estava cheio de poços de alcatrão. E assim, tendo sido derrotados os exércitos dos reis de Sodoma e de Gomorra, muita gente caiu nesses poços, e o resto teve de fugir para as montanhas. As tropas vitoriosas dos outros reis saquearam e pilharam totalmente Sodoma e Gomorra, levaram tudo o que lá havia e deixaram a região. Lot que vivia lá foi também feito prisioneiro e levado, com tudo o que tinha.
13 Um dos fugitivos, que conseguira escapar, veio contar tudo a Abrão que vivia nos carvalhais que pertenciam a Mamre, o amorreu, irmão de Escol e de Aner, ambos aliados de Abrão. Quando Abrão soube que Lot tinha sido capturado, juntou todos os homens que tinham nascido ao seu serviço, ao todo trezentos e dezoito, e perseguiu as tropas vencedoras mesmo até Dan. E durante a noite atacou-as e derrotou-as, obrigando-as a fugirem, e perseguiu-as até Hoba, ao norte de Damasco, recuperando tudo que os outros tinham pilhado: as riquezas, e em particular Lot, o seu parente, e os que viviam com ele, incluindo as mulheres e o povo.
17 Quando Abrão regressava desta vitória contra Quedorlaomer e os reis que lhe estavam associados, no vale de Savé (hoje chamado o vale do Rei), o rei de Sodoma veio encontrar-se com ele. Melquisedeque, rei de Salém (Jerusalém), que era sacerdote do Deus altíssimo, ofereceu-lhe pão e vinho; e abençoou Abrão dizendo assim: Que a bênção do Deus supremo, Criador da Terra e de todo o universo, te seja dada, Abrão! E que seja honrado Deus que te livrou dos teus inimigos! Então Abrão deu a Melquisedeque o dízimo de tudo o que trouxera.
21 O rei de Sodoma disse-lhe: Dá-me a mim o meu povo, que foi capturado, e fica tu com tudo o que eles me roubaram da cidade.
22 Contudo Abrão replicou-lhe: Prometi solenemente a Deus supremo, Criador do universo e da Terra, que não ficarei com coisa nenhuma do que é teu, nem um fio sequer ou uma simples correia de sapato, para que não venhas a dizer: 'Abrão enriqueceu com o que eu lhe deixei