14 12 In the overthrow of Sodom Lot is taken prisoner. 16 Abram delivereth him. 18 Melchizedek cometh to meet him. 23 Abram would not be enriched by the king of Sodom.

And in the days of Amraphel king of [a]Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of the [b]nations:

These men made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

All these [c]joined together in the valley of [d]Siddim, which is the [e]salt Sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:1 That is, of Babylon: by kings here, meaning, them that were governors of cities.
  2. Genesis 14:1 Of a people gathered of divers countries.
  3. Genesis 14:3 Ambition is the chief cause of wars among princes.
  4. Genesis 14:3 Or, of the labored fields.
  5. Genesis 14:3 Called also the dead sea, or the lake Asphaltite, near unto Sodom and Gomorrah.

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