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

bOr a relative; or an ally

Cross references

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