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Genesis 14 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Gen 14:1

Gen 14:1And it came to pass in the reign of Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations,

Gen 14:2

Gen 14:2made war with Balla king of Sodom, and with Barsa king of Gomorrha, and with Sennaar, king of Adama, and with Symobor king of Seboim and the king of Balac, this is Segor.

Gen 14:3

Gen 14:3All these [fn]met with one consent at the salt valley; this is now the sea of salt.

Gen 14:4

Gen 14:4Twelve years they served Chodollogomor, and the thirteenth year they revolted.

Gen 14:5

Gen 14:5And in the fourteenth year came Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommæans in the city Save.

Gen 14:6

Gen 14:6And the Chorrhæans in the mountains of Seir, to the turpentine tree of Pharan, which is in the desert.

Gen 14:7

Gen 14:7And having turned back they came to the well of judgment; this is Cades, and they cut in pieces all the princes of Amalec, and the Amorites dwelling in Asasonthamar.

Gen 14:8

Gen 14:8And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of Gomorrha, and king of Adama, and king of Seboim, and king of Balac, this is Segor, and they set themselves in array against them for war in the salt valley,

Gen 14:9

Gen 14:9against Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations, and Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, the four kings against the five.

Gen 14:10

Gen 14:10Now the salt valley consists of slime-pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrha, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country.

Gen 14:11

Gen 14:11And they took all the cavalry of Sodom and Gomorrha, and all their provisions, and departed.

Gen 14:12

Gen 14:12And they took also Lot the son of Abram's brother, and his baggage, and departed, for he dwelt in Sodom.

Gen 14:13

Gen 14:13And one of them that had been rescued came and told Abram the [fn]Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oak of Mamre the Amorite the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aunan, who were confederates with Abram.

Gen 14:14

Gen 14:14And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own home-born servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.

Gen 14:15

Gen 14:15And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Choba, which is on the left of Damascus.

Gen 14:16

Gen 14:16And he recovered all the cavalry of Sodom, and he recovered Lot his nephew, and all his possessions, and the women and the people.

Gen 14:17

Gen 14:17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, to the valley of Saby; this was the plain of the kings.

Gen 14:18

Gen 14:18And Melchisedec king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God.

Gen 14:19

Gen 14:19And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,

Gen 14:20

Gen 14:20and blessed be the most high God who delivered thine enemies into thy [fn]power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all.

Gen 14:21

Gen 14:21And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the [fn]horses to thyself.

Gen 14:22

Gen 14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,

Gen 14:23

Gen 14:23 that I will not take from all thy goods from a string to a shoe-latchet, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich.

Gen 14:24

Gen 14:24Except what things the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Eschol, Aunan, Mambre, these shall take a portion.
BES Footnotes
Gr. agreed.
Gr. passer. Heb. עֹבֹר.
Gr. under hand to thee.
Or, cavalry. Heb. הרכש.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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