1 Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
2 They made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar).
3 All these came together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).
4 For twelve years they were under the rule of Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they put off his control.
5 And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were on his side, overcame the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mountain Seir, driving them as far as El-paran, which is near the waste land.
7 Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
8 And the king of Sodom with the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is Zoar), went out, and put their forces in position in the valley of Siddim,
9 Against Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Ellasar: four kings against the five.
10 Now the valley of Siddim was full of holes of sticky earth; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were put to flight and came to their end there, but the rest got away to the mountain.
11 And the four kings took all the goods and food from Sodom and Gomorrah and went on their way.
12 And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.
13 And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.
14 And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.
15 And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.
16 And he got back all the goods, and Lot, his brother's son, with his goods and the women and the people.
17 And when he was coming back after putting to flight Chedorlaomer and the other kings, he had a meeting with the king of Sodom in the valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley.
18 And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,
19 And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:
20 And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken.
21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
23 That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:
24 Give me nothing but the food which the fighting-men who went with me have had; but let Aner and Eshcol and Mamre have their part of the goods.
1 Naquela época Anrafel, rei de Sinear, Arioque, rei de Elasar, Quedorlaomer, rei de Elão, e Tidal, rei de Goim,
2 foram à guerra contra Bera, rei de Sodoma, contra Birsa, rei de Gomorra, contra Sinabe, rei de Admá, contra Semeber, rei de Zeboim, e contra o rei de Belá, que é Zoar.
3 Todos esses últimos juntaram suas tropas no vale de Sidim, onde fica o mar Salgado.
4 Doze anos estiveram sujeitos a Quedorlaomer, mas no décimo terceiro ano se rebelaram.
5 No décimo quarto ano, Quedorlaomer e os reis que a ele se aliaram derrotaram os refains em Asterote-Carnaim, os zuzins em Hã, os emins em Savé-Quiriataim
6 e os horeus desde os montes de Seir até El-Parã, próximo ao deserto.
7 Depois, voltaram e foram para En-Mispate, que é Cades, e conquistaram todo o território dos amalequitas e dos amorreus que viviam em Hazazom-Tamar.
8 Então os reis de Sodoma, de Gomorra, de Admá, de Zeboim e de Belá, que é Zoar, marcharam e tomaram posição de combate no vale de Sidim
9 contra Quedorlaomer, rei de Elão, contra Tidal, rei de Goim, contra Anrafel, rei de Sinear, e contra Arioque, rei de Elasar. Eram quatro reis contra cinco.
10 Ora, o vale de Sidim era cheio de poços de betume e, quando os reis de Sodoma e de Gomorra fugiram, alguns dos seus homens caíram nos poços e o restante escapou para os montes.
11 Os vencedores saquearam todos os bens de Sodoma e de Gomorra e todo o seu mantimento, e partiram.
12 Levaram também Ló, sobrinho de Abrão, e os bens que ele possuía, visto que morava em Sodoma.
13 Mas alguém que tinha escapado veio e relatou tudo a Abrão, o hebreu. Abrão vivia próximo aos carvalhos de Manre, o amorreu, irmão de Escol e de Aner, aliados de Abrão.
14 Quando Abrão ouviu que seu parente fora levado prisioneiro, mandou convocar os trezentos e dezoito homens treinados, nascidos em sua casa, e saiu em perseguição aos inimigos até Dã.
15 Atacou-os durante a noite em grupos, e assim os derrotou, perseguindo-os até Hobá, ao norte de Damasco.
16 Recuperou todos os bens e trouxe de volta seu parente Ló com tudo o que possuía, juntamente com as mulheres e o restante dos prisioneiros.
17 Voltando Abrão da vitória sobre Quedorlaomer e sobre os reis que a ele se haviam aliado, o rei de Sodoma foi ao seu encontro no vale de Savé, isto é, o vale do Rei.
18 Então Melquisedeque, rei de Salém e sacerdote do Deus Altíssimo, trouxe pão e vinho
19 e abençoou Abrão, dizendo: "Bendito seja Abrão pelo Deus Altíssimo, Criador dos céus e da terra.
20 E bendito seja o Deus Altíssimo, que entregou seus inimigos em suas mãos". E Abrão lhe deu o dízimo de tudo.
21 O rei de Sodoma disse a Abrão: "Dê-me as pessoas e pode ficar com os bens".
22 Mas Abrão respondeu ao rei de Sodoma: "De mãos levantadas ao Senhor, Deus Altíssimo, Criador dos céus e da terra, juro
23 que não aceitarei nada do que lhe pertence, nem mesmo um cordão ou uma correia de sandália, para que você jamais venha a dizer: ‘Eu enriqueci Abrão’.
24 Nada aceitarei, a não ser o que os meus servos comeram e a porção pertencente a Aner, Escol e Manre, os quais me acompanharam. Que eles recebam a sua porção".