Genesis 14

1 Factum est autem in illo tempore, ut Amraphel rex Sennaar, et Arioch rex Ponti, et Chodorlahomor rex Elamitarum, et Thadal rex Gentium

And it comes to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,

2 inirent bellum contra Bara regem Sodomorum, et contra Bersa regem Gomorrhae, et contra Sennaab regem Adamae, et contra Semeber regem Seboim, contraque regem Balae, ipsa est Segor.

they have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar.

3 Omnes hi convenerunt in vallem Silvestrem, quae nunc est mare salis.

All these have been joined together to the Valley of Siddim, which [is] the Salt Sea;

4 Duodecim enim annis servierunt Chodorlahomor, et tertiodecimo anno recesserunt ab eo.

[for] twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5 Igitur quartodecimo anno venit Chodorlahomor, et reges qui erant cum eo: percusseruntque Raphaim in Astaroth et Carnaim, et Zuzim cum eis, et Emim in Save Cariathaim,

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who [are] with him, and they strike the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

6 et Chorraeos in montibus Seir, usque ad Campestria Pharan, quae est in solitudine.

and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El-Paran, which [is] by the wilderness;

7 Reversique sunt, et venerunt usque ad fontem Misphat, ipsa est Cades: et percusserunt omnem regionem Amalecitarum, et Amorrhaeum, qui habitabat in Asasonthamar.

and they turn back and come to En-Mishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and strike the whole field of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who is dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar.

8 Et egressi sunt rex Sodomorum, et rex Gomorrhae, rexque Adamae, et rex Seboim, necnon et rex Balae, quae est Segor: et direxerunt aciem contra eos in valle Silvestri:

And the king of Sodom goes out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar; and they set in array [for] battle with them in the Valley of Siddim,

9 scilicet adversus Chodorlahomor regem Elamitarum, et Thadal regem gentium, et Amraphel regem Sennaar, et Arioch regem Ponti: quattuor reges adversus quinque.

with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with the five.

10 Vallis autem Silvestris habebat puteos multos bituminis. Itaque rex Sodomorum, et rex Gomorrhae, terga verterunt, cecideruntque ibi: et qui remanserant, fugerunt ad montem.

And the Valley of Siddim [is] full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain.

11 Tulerunt autem omnem substantiam Sodomorum et Gomorrhae, et universa quae ad cibum pertinent, et abierunt:

And they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away;

12 necnon et Lot et substantiam eius, filium fratris Abram, qui habitabat in Sodomis.

and they take Lot, Abram’s brother’s son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.

13 Et ecce unus, qui evaserat, nunciavit Abram Hebraeo, qui habitabat in convalle Mambre Amorrhaei fratris Escol, et fratris Aner: hi enim pepigerant foedus cum Abram.

And one who is escaping comes and declares to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they [are] Abram’s allies.

14 Quod cum audisset Abram, captum videlicet Lot fratrem suum, numeravit expeditos vernaculos suos trecentos decem, et octo: et persecutus est eos usque Dan.

And Abram hears that his brother has been taken captive, and he draws out his trained servants, three hundred and eighteen, and pursues to Dan.

15 Et divisis sociis, irruit super eos nocte: percussitque eos, et persecutus est eos usque Hoba, et Phoenicem, quae est ad laevam Damasci.

And he divides himself against them by night, he and his servants, and strikes them, and pursues them to Hobah, which [is] at the left of Damascus;

16 Reduxitque omnem substantiam, et Lot fratrem suum cum substantia illius, mulieres quoque et populum.

and he brings back the whole of the substance, and he has also brought back his brother Lot and his substance, and also the women and the people.

17 Egressus est autem rex Sodomorum in occursum eius postquam reversus est a caede Chodorlahomor, et regum qui cum eo erant in valle Save, quae est vallis regis.

And the king of Sodom goes out to meet him (after his turning back from the striking of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who [are] with him), to the Valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king’s valley.

18 At vero Melchisedech rex Salem, proferens panem et vinum, erat enim Sacerdos Dei altissimi,

And Melchizedek king of Salem has brought out bread and wine, and he [is] priest of God Most High;

19 benedixit ei, et ait: Benedictus Abram Deo excelso, qui creavit caelum et terram:

and he blesses him and says, “Blessed [is] Abram to God Most High, possessing the heavens and earth;

20 et benedictus Deus excelsus, quo protegente, hostes in manibus tuis sunt. Et dedit ei decimas ex omnibus.

and blessed [is] God Most High, who has delivered your adversaries into your hand”; and he gives to him a tenth of all.

21 Dixit autem rex Sodomorum ad Abram: Da mihi animas, cetera tolle tibi.

And the king of Sodom says to Abram, “Give to me the persons, and take the substance to yourself,”

22 Qui respondit ei: Levo manum meam ad Dominum Deum excelsum possessorem caeli et terrae,

and Abram says to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to YHWH, God Most High, possessing the heavens and earth—

23 quod a filo subtegminis usque ad corigiam caligae, non accipiam ex omnibus quae tua sunt, ne dicas: Ego ditavi Abram:

from a thread even to a shoe-strap I do not take of anything which you have, that you do not say, I have made Abram rich;

24 exceptis his, quae comederunt iuvenes, et partibus virorum, qui venerunt mecum, Aner, Eschol, et Mambre: isti accipient partes suas.

save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who have gone with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre—they take their portion.”