Genesis 14:11–23

¹¹Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed.

¹²They also took Lot, ^aAbram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, ^bfor he was living in Sodom.

¹³Then ¹a fugitive came and told Abram the ^aHebrew. Now he was ²living by the ^3boaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were ^4callies with Abram.

¹⁴When Abram heard that ^ahis ¹relative had been taken captive, he ²led out his trained men, ^bborn in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far as ^cDan.

^15aHe divided ¹his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and ²defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is ³north of ^bDamascus.

¹⁶He ^abrought back all the goods, and also brought back ^bhis ¹relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people.

God’s Promise to Abram

¹⁷Then after his return from the ¹defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, ^athe king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, ^bthe King’s Valley).

¹⁸And ^aMelchizedek king of Salem brought out ^bbread and wine; now he was a ^cpriest of ¹God Most High.

¹⁹He blessed him and said,

“Blessed be Abram of ¹God Most High,

^2aPossessor of heaven and earth;

²⁰And blessed be ¹God Most High,

Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”

^aHe gave him a tenth of all.

²¹The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give the ¹people to me and take the goods for yourself.”

²²Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have ¹sworn to the Lord ^2aGod Most High, ^3bpossessor of heaven and earth,

²³that ^aI will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’