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Book of Genesis 17

6 And the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, 16 And he brought back all the substance, and
even to the plains of Pharan, which is in the Lot his brother, with his substance, the women
wilderness. also, and the people.
7 And they returned, and came to the foun- 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet
tain of Misphat, the same is Cades: and they him, after he returned from the slaughter of
smote all the country of the Amalecites, and the Chodorlahomor, and of the kings that were with
Amorrhean that dwelt in Asasonthamar. him in the vale of Save, which is the king’s vale.
8 And the king of Sodom, and the king of Go- 18 But Melchisedech, the king of Salem, bring-
morrha, and the king of Adama, and the king ing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest
of Seboim, and the king of Bala, which is Segor, of the most high God,
went out: and they set themselves against them 19 Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram
in battle array, in the woodland vale: by the most high God, who created heaven and
9 To wit, against Chodorlahomor king of the earth.
Elamites, and Thadal king of nations, and Am- 20 And blessed be the most high God, by
raphel king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Pon- whose protection, the enemies are in thy hands.
tus: four kings against five. And he gave him the tithes of all.
10 Now the woodland vale had many pits of 21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram:
slime. And the king of Sodom, and the king Give me the persons, and the rest take to thyself.
of Gomorrha turned their backs, and were over- 22 And he answered him: I lift up my hand
thrown there: and they that remained, fled to to the Lord God the most high, the possessor of
the mountain. heaven and earth,
11 And they took all the substance of the 23 That from the very woofthread unto the
Sodomites, and Gomorrhites, and all their vict- shoe latchet, I will not take of any things that
uals, and went their way: are thine, lest thou say: I have enriched Abram.
12 And Lot also, the son of Abram’s brother,
24 Except such things as the young men have
who dwelt in Sodom, and his substance.
eaten, and the shares of the men that came with
13 And behold one, that had escaped, told
me, Aner, Escol, and Mambre: these shall take
Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt in the vale of
their shares.
Mambre the Amorrhite, the brother of Escol,
and the brother of Aner: for these had made
a league with Abram. Chapter 15
14 Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that
his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the Now when these things were done, the word of
servants born in his house, three hundred and the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying:
eighteen, well appointed: and pursued them to Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy
Dan. reward exceeding great.
15 And dividing his company, he rushed upon 2 And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou
them in the night, and defeated them: and pur- give me? I shall go without children: and the
sued them as far as Hoba, which is on the left son of the steward of my house is this Damascus
hand of Damascus. Eliezer.