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And behold one, that had escaped, told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt in the vale of Mambre the Amorrhite, the brother of Escol, and the brother of Aner: for these had made a league with Abram.
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Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the servants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, well appointed: and pursued them to Dan.
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And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night, and defeated them: and pursued them as far as Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
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And he brought back all the substance, and Lot his brother, with his substance, the women also, and the people.
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And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chodorlahomor, and of the kings that were with him in the vale of Save, which is the king’s vale.
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But Melchisedech, the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God,
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Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who created heaven and earth.
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And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection, the enemies are in thy hands. And he gave him the tithes of all.
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And the king of Sodom said to Abram: Give me the persons, and the rest take to thyself.
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And he answered him: I lift up my hand to the Lord God the most high, the possessor of heaven and earth,
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That from the very woofthread unto the shoe latchet, I will not take of any things that are thine, lest thou say: I have enriched Abram.