Genesis 14:1–16

ABRAM RESCUES LOT

14In those days King Amraphel of Shinar,^j King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam,^k and King Tidal of Goiim^{A 2}waged war against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, and King Shemeber of Zeboiim,^l as well as the king of Bela (that is, Zoar^m). ³All of these came as allies to the Siddim Valley (that is, the Dead Seaⁿ). ⁴They were subject to Chedorlaomer for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. ⁵In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim^o in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham,^p the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, ⁶and the Horites^q in the mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran^r by the wilderness. ⁷Then they came back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh^s), and they defeated the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.^t

⁸Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and lined up for battle in the Siddim Valley ⁹against King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar—four kings against five. ¹⁰Now the Siddim Valley contained many asphalt pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them,^B but the rest fled to the mountains.^{u 11}The four kings took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and went on. ¹²They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, for he was living in Sodom,^v and they went on.

¹³One of the survivors came and told Abram the Hebrew,^w who lived near the oaks belonging to Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner. They were bound by a treaty with Abram. ¹⁴When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled^C his 318 trained men, born in his household,^x and they went in pursuit as far as Dan.^{y 15}And he and his servants deployed against them by night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus. ¹⁶He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.