1 Naquela altura havia guerra nessa terra: Amrafel rei de Sinar, Arioque rei de Elasar, Quedorlaomer rei de Elam e Tidal rei de Goim estavam em guerra contra Bera rei de Sodoma, Birsa rei de Gomorra, Sinabe rei de Admá, Semeber rei de Zeboim, e contra o rei de Bela, que mais tarde passou a chamar-se Zoar.
3 Esta última coligação de reis (os de Sodoma, Gomorra, Admá, Zeboim e Bela) mobilizou os seus exércitos no vale de Sidim, isto é: no vale do Mar de Sal, porque durante 12 anos tinham estado submetidos a Quedorlaomer, e durante o décimo terceiro ano de sujeição começaram a rebelar-se.
5 No ano seguinte aconteceu que Quedorlaomer e os seus aliados decidiram começar a castigar duramente várias tribos: os refains em Asterote-Carnaim, os zuzims em Cão, os emins em Savé-Quiriataim e os horeus no monte Seir, alcançando até a planície de Pará, no limite do deserto. Depois continuaram a carnificina, em Enmispate, agora chamada Cades, destruindo os amalequitas, assim como os amorreus que viviam em Hazazomtamar.
8 Foi então que a tal coligação de reis de Sodoma, Gomorra, Admá, Zeboim e Bela (ou Zoar) se prepararam para a batalha, no vale do Mar de Sal, contra os outros, que eram Quedorlaomer e os seus aliados. Eram portanto 4 reis contra 5. Acontecia aliás que aquele vale estava cheio de poços de alcatrão. E assim, tendo sido derrotados os exércitos dos reis de Sodoma e de Gomorra, muita gente caiu nesses poços, e o resto teve de fugir para as montanhas. As tropas vitoriosas dos outros reis saquearam e pilharam totalmente Sodoma e Gomorra, levaram tudo o que lá havia e deixaram a região. Lot que vivia lá foi também feito prisioneiro e levado, com tudo o que tinha.
13 Um dos fugitivos, que conseguira escapar, veio contar tudo a Abrão que vivia nos carvalhais que pertenciam a Mamre, o amorreu, irmão de Escol e de Aner, ambos aliados de Abrão. Quando Abrão soube que Lot tinha sido capturado, juntou todos os homens que tinham nascido ao seu serviço, ao todo trezentos e dezoito, e perseguiu as tropas vencedoras mesmo até Dan. E durante a noite atacou-as e derrotou-as, obrigando-as a fugirem, e perseguiu-as até Hoba, ao norte de Damasco, recuperando tudo que os outros tinham pilhado: as riquezas, e em particular Lot, o seu parente, e os que viviam com ele, incluindo as mulheres e o povo.
17 Quando Abrão regressava desta vitória contra Quedorlaomer e os reis que lhe estavam associados, no vale de Savé (hoje chamado o vale do Rei), o rei de Sodoma veio encontrar-se com ele. Melquisedeque, rei de Salém (Jerusalém), que era sacerdote do Deus altíssimo, ofereceu-lhe pão e vinho; e abençoou Abrão dizendo assim: Que a bênção do Deus supremo, Criador da Terra e de todo o universo, te seja dada, Abrão! E que seja honrado Deus que te livrou dos teus inimigos! Então Abrão deu a Melquisedeque o dízimo de tudo o que trouxera.
21 O rei de Sodoma disse-lhe: Dá-me a mim o meu povo, que foi capturado, e fica tu com tudo o que eles me roubaram da cidade.
22 Contudo Abrão replicou-lhe: Prometi solenemente a Deus supremo, Criador do universo e da Terra, que não ficarei com coisa nenhuma do que é teu, nem um fio sequer ou uma simples correia de sapato, para que não venhas a dizer: 'Abrão enriqueceu com o que eu lhe deixei
1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
2 that 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 (the same is Zoar).
3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
6 and the Horites in their mountain, Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them 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 slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain.
11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he stayed by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he mobilized his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
15 And he divided himself against them by night, he and his slaves, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (the same is the King's Valley).
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.
21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to yourself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
23 that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich:
24 except only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.