{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/14","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:33:27.568Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":14,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":13,"nextChapter":15,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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 nations;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"<i>That these</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that <i>were</i> with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which <i>is</i> by the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which <i>is</i> Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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 <i>is</i> Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And the vale of Siddim <i>was full of</i> slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these <i>were</i> confederate with Abram."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained <i>servants</i>, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued <i>them</i> unto Dan."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which <i>is</i> on the left hand of Damascus."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that <i>were</i> with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which <i>is</i> the king's dale."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he <i>was</i> the priest of the most high God."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And he blessed him, and said, Blessed <i>be</i> Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"That I will not <i>take</i> from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that <i>is</i> thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 14 (KJV)","markdown":"[Genesis 14](https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/14)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/14 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}