Genesis 14 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Lot’s Captivity and Rescue

Lot’s Capture and Rescue

Gen 14:1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,[fn]

Gen 14:2

Gen 14:2that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

Gen 14:3

Gen 14:3All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

Gen 14:4

Gen 14:4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Gen 14:5

Gen 14:5In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and attacked the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

Gen 14:6

Gen 14:6and the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.

Gen 14:7

Gen 14:7Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and attacked all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazezon Tamar.

Gen 14:8

Gen 14:8And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim

Gen 14:9

Gen 14:9against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations,[fn] Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

Gen 14:10

Gen 14:10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.

Gen 14:11

Gen 14:11Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.

Gen 14:12

Gen 14:12They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Gen 14:13

Gen 14:13Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre[fn] the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.

Gen 14:14

Gen 14:14Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

Gen 14:15

Gen 14:15He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

Gen 14:16

Gen 14:16So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.

Gen 14:17

Gen 14:17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.

Abram and Melchizedek

(Heb. 7:1, 2 )

Gen 14:18

Gen 14:18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High.

Gen 14:19

Gen 14:19And he blessed him and said:

“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;

Gen 14:20

Gen 14:20And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And he gave him a tithe of all.

Gen 14:21

Gen 14:21Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.”

Gen 14:22

Gen 14:22But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth,

Gen 14:23

Gen 14:23“that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’—

Gen 14:24

Gen 14:24“except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”

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NKJV Footnotes

(14:1)

Hebrew goyim

(14:9)

Hebrew goyim

(14:13)

Hebrew Alon Mamre

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