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with King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar, four kings against five.
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Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country.
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So the enemy took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way;
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they also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
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Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner; these were allies of Abram.
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When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred eighteen of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
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He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.
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Then he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his nephew Lot with his goods, and the women and the people.
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After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
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And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High.
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He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth;