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THE BOOK BERESHITH
OR GENESIS
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SECTION 15
BERESHITH BARA ELOHIM.

Chapter 14

KJV 15:1 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 nations;
TGM 15:1 And it was in the days of Amraphel, king of Babel, Ariok, king of Elasar, Kedar-laomer, king of Elam, and Thidal, king of peoples,
KJV 15:2 That these 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.
TGM 15:2 (that) they made war with Bera, king of Sedom, and with Birsha, king of Amora, Shenab, king of Admah, Shemeber, king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
KJV 15:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
TGM 15:3 All these were assembled at the plain of the field, which is (now) the place of the sea of salt.
KJV 15:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
TGM 15:4 Twelve years they had served Kedar-laomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
KJV 15:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
TGM 15:5 And in the fourteenth year came Kedar-laomer, and the kings who were with him, and smote the giants who were in Ashtaroth Karnaim, and the mighty who were in Chemta, and the terrible ones who were in Shaveh Kiryathaim,
KJV 15:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
TGM 15:6 and the Horaee who were in the mountain of Seir, unto the plain of Paran which lieth upon the desert.
KJV 15:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
TGM 15:7 And they turned, and came to the plain of the division of judgment, which is Rekam, and smote all the fields of the Amalkaah, and also the Amoraah who dwelt in Ein-gadey.
KJV 15:8 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 joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
TGM 15:8 And the king of Sedom, and the king of Amoraah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar, went forth and set the battle in array against them in the plain of the field,
KJV 15:9 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.
TGM 15:9 with Kedar-laomer, king of Elam, and Thidal, king of peoples, and Amraphel, king of Babel, and Ariok, king of Elasar; four kings against five.
KJV 15:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
TGM 15:10 And the plain of the field had many pits, from which they raised asphalta; and the kings of Sedom and Amorah fled, and they fell there; and they who remained fled to the mountain.
KJV 15:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
TGM 15:11 And they took all the possession of Sedom and Amorah, and all their food, and went.
KJV 15:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
TGM 15:12 And they captured Lot and his substance, son of the brother of Abram, and went. And he had dwelt in Sedom.
KJV 15:13 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 were confederate with Abram.
TGM 15:13 And (one) came from those escaped, and showed to Abram the Ivraah; and he had remained in the plain of Moreh Amoraah, the brother of Eshkol and brother of Aner; and they were Abram’s men of covenant.
KJV 15:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
TGM 15:14 And Abram heard that his brother had been captured; and he armed the young men born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued unto Dan.
KJV 15:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
TGM 15:15 And he divided against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hoba, which was northward of Damasek.
KJV 15:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
TGM 15:16 And he recovered all the substance, and Lot also, the son of his brother; and his substance he recovered, the women also, and the people.
KJV 15:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
TGM 15:17 And the king of Sedom came out to meet him after returning from the smiting of Kedar-laomer and the kings who were with him, at the plain of Mephana, which was the king’s place of racing.
KJV 15:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
TGM 15:18 And Malki-zedek, king of Yerushelem, brought forth bread and wind (chemar), and he blessed him, and said:--
KJV 15:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
TGM 15:19 “Blessed be Abram before El Illaah,
Whose possession is heaven and earth;
KJV 15:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
TGM 15:20 And blessed Be El Illaah,
Who hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand.”
And he gave him one in ten of the whole.
KJV 15:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
TGM 15:21 And the king of Sedom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and the substance take thou.
KJV 15:22 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,
TGM 15:22 And Abram said to the king of Sedom, I have uplifted my hands in prayer before the Lord God most high, whose possession is heaven and earth:
KJV 15:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
TGM 15:23 if from a thread unto the sole of a sandal I take of all that is thine, (and not that thou shouldst say, I have enriched Abram,)
KJV 15:24 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.
TGM 15:24 except of the food for the young men, and the share of the men who went with me, Amer, Eshkol, and Mamre, these will receive their shares.