Genesis 14

1 and to be in/on/with day Amraphel king Shinar Arioch king Ellasar Chedorlaomer king Elam and Tidal king Goiim

In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim

2 to make battle with Bera king Sodom and with Birsha king Gomorrah Shinab king Admah and Shemeber king (Zeboiim *Q(k)*) and king Bela he/she/it Zoar

went to 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 to unite to(wards) Valley (of Siddim) [the] Valley he/she/it sea [the] Salt (Sea)

The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea ).

4 two ten year to serve [obj] Chedorlaomer and three ten year to rebel

For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5 and in/on/with four ten year to come (in): come Chedorlaomer and [the] king which with him and to smite [obj] Rephaim in/on/with Ashteroth-karnaim Ashteroth-karnaim and [obj] [the] Zuzim in/on/with Ham and [obj] [the] Emim in/on/with Shaveh Kiriathaim

In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

6 and [obj] [the] Horite in/on/with mountain: hill country their Seir till El-paran El-paran which upon [the] wilderness

and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.

7 and to return: return and to come (in): come to(wards) En-mishpat En-mishpat he/she/it Kadesh and to smite [obj] all land: country [the] Amalekite and also [obj] [the] Amorite [the] to dwell in/on/with Hazazon-tamar Hazazon-tamar

Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

8 and to come out: come king Sodom and king Gomorrah and king Admah and king (Zeboiim *Q(k)*) and king Bela he/she/it Zoar and to arrange with them battle in/on/with Valley (of Siddim) [the] Valley

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 arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim

9 with Chedorlaomer king Elam and Tidal king Goiim and Amraphel king Shinar and Arioch king Ellasar four king with [the] five

against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

10 and Valley (of Siddim) [the] Valley well well bitumen and to flee king Sodom and Gomorrah and to fall: fall there [to] and [the] to remain mountain: hill country [to] to flee

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.

11 and to take: take [obj] all property Sodom and Gomorrah and [obj] all food their and to go: journey

The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

12 and to take: take [obj] Lot and [obj] property his son: child brother: male-sibling Abram and to go: journey and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with Sodom

They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.

13 and to come (in): come [the] survivor and to tell to/for Abram [the] Hebrew and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with terebinth Mamre [the] Amorite brother: male-sibling Eshcol and brother: male-sibling Aner and they(masc.) master: men covenant Abram

Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

14 and to hear: hear Abram for to take captive brother: male-relative his and to empty [obj] trained his born house: household his eight ten and three hundred and to pursue till Dan

And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

15 and to divide upon them night he/she/it and servant/slave his and to smite them and to pursue them till Hobah which from left: north to/for Damascus

During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

16 and to return: return [obj] all [the] property and also [obj] Lot brother: male-relative his and property his to return: return and also [obj] [the] woman and [obj] [the] people

He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.

17 and to come out: come King's Sodom to/for to encounter: meet him after to return: return he from to smite [obj] (Chedorlaomer *LBH(A)*) and [obj] [the] King's which with him to(wards) Valley (of Kings) Shaveh he/she/it Valley (of Kings) [the] King's

After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

18 and Melchizedek Melchizedek king Salem to come out: send food: bread and wine and he/she/it priest to/for El (Most High) (LORD) Most High

Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —

19 and to bless him and to say to bless Abram to/for El (Most High) (LORD) Most High to buy heaven and land: country/planet

and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

20 and to bless El (Most High) (LORD) Most High which to deliver enemy your in/on/with hand: power your and to give: give to/for him tithe from all

and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

21 and to say king Sodom to(wards) Abram to give: give to/for me [the] soul: person and [the] property to take: take to/for you

The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”

22 and to say Abram to(wards) king Sodom to exalt hand my to(wards) LORD El (Most High) (LORD) Most High to buy heaven and land: country/planet

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

23 if: surely no from thread and till thong sandal and if: surely no to take: take from all which to/for you and not to say I to enrich [obj] Abram

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

24 beside me except which to eat [the] youth and portion [the] human which to go: went with me Aner Eshcol and Mamre they(masc.) to take: take portion their

I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”