14 Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive,
he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his
own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
15 He divided his forces against them by night, and he and
his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of
Damascus.
16 So he brought back all the good, and also brought back
his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley
of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley), after his return from the defeat of
Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and
wine; he was the priest of God Most High.
19 And he blessed his and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor
of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High, who was delivered your
enemies into your hand.” And he gave him
a tithe of all.
21 Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the
persons, and take the goods for yourself.”
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my
hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth,
23 “That I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal
strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’—
24 “Except only what the young men have eaten and the
portion of the men who went with me:
Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”
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