1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, 2 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar). 3 All these have been joined together to the Valley of Limestone (which is the Salt Sea). 4 Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they had rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and they struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El-Paran (which is by the wilderness). 7 And they turned back and came to En-Mishpat (which is Kadesh), and stroke the whole field of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who was staying in Hazezon-Tamar. 8 And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar); and they set in array for battle with them in the Valley of Limestone, 9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against the five. 10 And the Valley of Limestone was full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there, and those left fled to the mountain. 11 And they took the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and went away. 12 And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son and his substance and went away (for he was staying in Sodom).
13 And one who was escaping came and declared it to Abram the Hebrew. And he was staying among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they were Abram’s allies. 14 And Abram heard that his brother has been taken captive, and he drew out his trained servants, 318, and pursued to Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah (which is north of Damascus). 16 And he brought back the whole of the substance, and he also brought back his brother Lot and his substance, and also the women and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him (after his turning back from the striking of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who were with him), to the Valley of Shaveh (which is the king’s valley).
18 And Melchizedek, King of Salem brought out bread and wine, and He was priest of God Most High, 19 and He blessed him and said, “Blessed is Abram to God Most High, possessing the heavens and earth, 20 and blessed is God Most High, who has delivered your adversaries into your hand.” And he gave to Him a tenth of all.
21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give to me the individuals, and take the substance for yourself.” 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to YHWH, God Most High, possessing the heavens and earth— 23 from a thread even to a shoe-strap, I will not take of anything which you had, that you will not say, ‘I have made Abram rich,’ 24 except only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who have gone with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre—they must take their portion.”