8  And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar, went out, and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim, 9  with Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Tidal the king of nations, and Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar—four kings with the five. 10  And the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain. 11  And they took all the property of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and departed. 12  And they took Lot and his property, Abram’s brother’s son, and departed. For he dwelt in Sodom.

13  And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. And he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner. And these were Abram’s allies. 14  And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive; and he led out his trained servants, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan. 15  And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is to the left of Damascus. 16  And he brought back all the property, and brought again his brother Lot and his property, and the women also, and the people.

17  And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after he had returned from smiting Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, into the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s valley. 18  And Melchisedec king of Salem brought out bread and wine. And he was priest of the Most High •God. 19  And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High •God, possessor of heavens and earth. 20  And blessed be the Most High •God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him the tenth of all.