Genesis 14:11–23

¹¹The 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.

MELCHIZEDEK’S BLESSING

¹⁷After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Shaveh Valley (that is, the King’s Valley^z). ¹⁸Melchizedek, king of Salem,^Daa brought out bread and wine; he was a priest to God Most High.^{ab 19}He blessed him and said:

Abram is blessed by God Most High,

Creator^E of heaven and earth,

²⁰and blessed be God Most High

who has handed over your enemies to you.

And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.^ac

²¹Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the possessions for yourself.”

²²But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand in an oath to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, ²³that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say, ‘I made Abram rich.’