¹AND it came to pass in the days of Amarphel king of Sinar, Arioch king of Dalasar, Cardlaamar king of Elam, and Tarael king of Gelites, ²That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemer king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar. ³All of these joined together in the valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea. ⁴12 years they served Cardlaamar, and in the 13th year they rebelled. ⁵And in the 14th year came Cardlaamar, and the kings that were with him, and struck the mighty men who were in Ashtaroth Karnaim and the valiant men who were in the city, and the Emins in Shaveh Koriathaim, ⁶And the Horites in the mountains of Seir, as far as the oak of Paran, which is in the wilderness. ⁷And they returned, and came to Endina, which is Kadesh and they struck all the princes of the Amalekites and also the Amorites who lived in Engad. ⁸And out went the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar; all of these made war in the valley of Siddim, ⁹With Cardlaamar, the king of Elam, Tarael the king of Gelites, Amarphel king of Sinar, and Arioch king of Dalasar; 4 kings against 5. ¹⁰And the valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and those who survived fled to the mountain. ¹¹And the raiders took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. ¹²And they carried away Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

¹³And one came who had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt by the oak of Mamre, which belonged to the Amorite, brother of Aner and brother of Eshcol, who were allies of Abram. ¹⁴And when Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he armed his young men, born in his own house, 318, and pursued the raiders as far as Dan. ¹⁵And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. ¹⁶And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back Lot, his nephew, and his goods, and also the women, and the people.

¹⁷And the king of Sodom went out to greet him, after his return from the destruction of the forces of Cardlaamar, and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, that is, the king's valley. ¹⁸And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of the Most High God. ¹⁹And he blessed him, saying, Blessed be Abram to God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth; ²⁰And blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered your enemies into your hands. And Abram gave him tithes of everything.

²¹And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself. ²²And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hands to God Most High, the possessor of heaven and earth, ²³That I will not take of anything that belongs to you, from a thread to a shoestring, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich; ²⁴Except that which the young men have eaten and the portions of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portions.