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Heart of David Study Bible GENESIS

the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land
in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you.”
Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in
Hebron [place of association], and built an altar there to Yahweh.

It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Aryok, king of Ellasar,
Kedorlaomer, king of Eylam, and Tidal, king of Goyim, that they made war with Bera,
king of Sedom, and with Birsha, king of Amorah, Shinab, king of Admah, and
Shemeber, king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar). All these joined
together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). Twelve years they served
Kedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled. In the fourteenth year
Kedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in
Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Khawm, and the Emim in Shaweh Kiriathaim,
and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness. They
returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the
Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar. The king of Sedom,
and the king of Amorah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboyim, and the king
of Bela (the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the
valley of Siddim; against Kedorlaomer king of Eylam, and Tidal king of Goyim, and

Amraphel king of Shinar, and Aryok king of Ellasar; four kings against the five. Now
the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sedom and Amorah fled, and
they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills. They took all the goods of
Sedom and Amorah, and all their food, and went their way. They took Lot, Abram’s
brother’s son, who lived in Sedom, and his goods, and departed.
One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the
oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshkol, and brother of Aner; and these were
allies of Abram. When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his
trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and
pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. He brought back all the
goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and
the people.
The king of Sedom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of
Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaweh (that is, the
King’s Valley). Malki-Tsedek [Melchizedek] king of Salem brought out bread and
wine: and he was priest of El Elyown [the Mighty, Most High]. He blessed him, and
said, “Blessed be Abram of El Elyown, possessor of heaven and earth: and blessed be El
Elyown, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
Abram gave him a tenth of all.
The king of Sedom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and take the goods to
yourself.”

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