14At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar,^a^f Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer^g king of Elam^h and Tidal king of Goyim, ²these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim,ⁱ and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).^j ³All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim^k (that is, the Dead Sea Valley^l). ⁴For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer,^m but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

⁵In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomerⁿ and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites^o in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites^p in Shaveh Kiriathaim ⁶and the Horites^q in the hill country of Seir,^r as far as El Paran^s near the desert. ⁷Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh),^t and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites,^u as well as the Amorites^v who were living in Hazezon Tamar.^w

⁸Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah,^x the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim^y and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar)^z marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim^a ⁹against Kedorlaomer^b king of Elam,^c Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five. ¹⁰Now the Valley of Siddim^d was full of tar^e pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah^f fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.^g ¹¹The four kings seized all the goods^h of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. ¹²They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lotⁱ and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.

¹³A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew.^j Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre^k the Amorite, a brother^b of Eshkol^l and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. ¹⁴When Abram heard that his relative^m had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trainedⁿ men born in his household^o and went in pursuit as far as Dan.^p ¹⁵During the night Abram divided his men^q to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.^r ¹⁶He recovered^s all the goods^t and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.

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Footnotes

aThat is, Babylonia; also in verse 9
bOr a relative; or an ally

Cross references

fSee Ge 10:10
gver 4, 9, 17
hSee Ge 10:22
iSee Ge 10:19
jSee Ge 13:10
kver 8, 10
l Nu 34:3, 12; Dt 3:17; Jos 3:16; 12:3; 15:2, 5; 18:19
mSee ver 1
nSee ver 1
o Ge 15:20; Dt 2:11, 20; 3:11, 13; Jos 12:4; 13:12; 17:15; 1 Ch 20:4
p Dt 2:10
q Ge 36:20; Dt 2:12, 22
r Ge 32:3; 33:14, 16; 36:8; Dt 1:2; 2:1, 5, 22; Jos 11:17; 24:4; 1 Ch 4:42; Isa 34:5; Eze 25:8; 35:2; Am 1:6
s Ge 21:21; Nu 10:12; 12:16; 13:3, 26; Hab 3:3
t Ge 16:14; 20:1; Nu 13:26; 20:1; 32:8; Dt 1:2; Jos 10:41; Jdg 11:16; Ps 29:8
u Ex 17:8; Nu 13:29; 14:25; 24:20; Dt 25:17; Jdg 3:13; 6:3; 10:12; 12:15; 1 Sa 14:48; 15:2; 28:18; 2 Sa 1:1; 1 Ch 4:43; Ps 83:7
v Nu 13:29; Dt 1:4; Jos 2:10; 13:4
w 2 Ch 20:2; Eze 48:28
xSee Ge 13:10
y Dt 29:23; Hos 11:8
zSee Ge 13:10
aSee ver 3
bSee ver 1
cSee Ge 10:22
dSee ver 3
e Ge 11:3
fver 17, 21
g Ge 19:17, 30; Jos 2:16; Ps 11:1
hver 16, 21
iSee Ge 11:27
j Ge 37:28; 39:14, 17; 40:15; 41:12; 43:32; Ex 3:18; 1 Sa 4:6; 14:11
kver 24; See Ge 13:18
l Nu 13:23; 32:9; Dt 1:24
mver 12
n Dt 4:9; Pr 22:6
oSee Ge 12:5
p Dt 34:1; Jdg 18:29; 1 Ki 15:20
q Jdg 7:16
r Ge 15:2; 2 Sa 8:5; 1 Ki 20:34; 2 Ki 16:9; Isa 7:8; 8:4; 10:9; 17:1; Jer 49:23, 27; Eze 27:18; Am 1:3–5
s 1 Sa 30:8, 18
tSee ver 11