# Genesis 14

> Lumin Translation

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Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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1. In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
2. these kings made war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
3. All these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
4. For twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5. In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
6. and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El-paran on the edge of the wilderness.
7. Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
8. Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines against them in the Valley of Siddim,
9. against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
10. Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country.
11. The enemy took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went away.
12. They also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, and his goods, and went away, for he was living in Sodom.
13. Then a man who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and of Aner; these men were Abram’s covenant allies.
14. When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out his 318 trained men, who had been born in his household, and he pursued the enemy as far as Dan.
15. During the night he divided his forces against them, he and his servants, and he defeated them and pursued them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
16. He brought back all the goods, and he also brought back his relative Lot and his goods, along with the women and the other people.
17. After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
18. Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High.
19. He blessed Abram and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.
20. And blessed be God Most High, who has handed your enemies over to you.” Then he gave him a tenth of everything.
21. The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and keep the goods for yourself.”
22. But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand in an oath to Yahweh, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
23. that I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, so that you will never say, ‘I made Abram rich.’
24. I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me. Let Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share.”

## Nearby chapters

[Genesis 13](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/13.md)
[Genesis 15](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/15.md)

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