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Genesis 14:6-19 Modern English Version (MEV)

6. and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.

7. Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh) and conquered all the country of the Amalekites and also the Amorites who lived in Hazezon Tamar.

8. Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out, and they joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim

9. against Kedorlaomer, the king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, 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, some fell in them, and the rest fled to the hill country.

11. Then they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and departed.

12. They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.

13. Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshkol and Aner, and these were allies with Abram.

14. When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants born in his own house, and pursued them as far as Dan.

15. During the night he divided his men to attack them and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

16. He brought back all the possessions, along with his relative Lot and his possessions, and also the women and the people.

17. After his return from the defeat of Kedorlaomer and the kings who had joined 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 the priest of God Most High.

19. And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High,Creator of heaven and earth;

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