Genesis:13-14
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And Abram went up out of Egypt ,
he ,
and his wife ,
and all that he had ,
and Lot with him ,
into the south .
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And Abram was very rich in cattle ,
in silver ,
and in gold .
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And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel ,
unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning ,
between Bethel and Hai ;
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Unto the place of the altar ,
which he had made there at the first :
and there Abram called on the name of the LORD .
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And Lot also ,
which went with Abram ,
had flocks ,
and herds ,
and tents .
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And the land was not able to bear them ,
that they might dwell together :
for their substance was great ,
so that they could not dwell together .
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And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram '
s cattle and the herdmen of Lot '
s cattle :
and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land .
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And Abram said unto Lot ,
Let there be no strife ,
I pray thee ,
between me and thee ,
and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ;
for we be brethren .
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Is not the whole land before thee ?
separate thyself ,
I pray thee ,
from me :
if thou wilt take the left hand ,
then I will go to the right ;
or if thou depart to the right hand ,
then I will go to the left .
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And Lot lifted up his eyes ,
and beheld all the plain of Jordan ,
that it was well watered every where ,
before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah ,
even as the garden of the LORD ,
like the land of Egypt ,
as thou comest unto Zoar .
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Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan ;
and Lot journeyed east :
and they separated themselves the one from the other .
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Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan ,
and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain ,
and pitched his tent toward Sodom .
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But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly .
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And the LORD said unto Abram ,
after that Lot was separated from him ,
Lift up now thine eyes ,
and look from the place where thou art northward ,
and southward ,
and eastward ,
and westward :
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For all the land which thou seest ,
to thee will I give it ,
and to thy seed for ever .
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And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth :
so that if a man can number the dust of the earth ,
then shall thy seed also be numbered .
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Arise ,
walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ;
for I will give it unto thee .
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Then Abram removed his tent ,
and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre ,
which is in Hebron ,
and built there an altar unto the LORD .
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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 ;
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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 .
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All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim ,
which is the salt sea .
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Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer ,
and in the thirteenth year they rebelled .
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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 ,
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And the Horites in their mount Seir ,
unto Elparan ,
which is by the wilderness .
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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 Hazezontamar .
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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 ;
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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 .
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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 .
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And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah ,
and all their victuals ,
and went their way .
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And they took Lot ,
Abram '
s brother '
s son ,
who dwelt in Sodom ,
and his goods ,
and departed .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And he brought back all the goods ,
and also brought again his brother Lot ,
and his goods ,
and the women also ,
and the people .
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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 .
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And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine :
and he was the priest of the most high God .
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And he blessed him ,
and said ,
Blessed be Abram of the most high God ,
possessor of heaven and earth :
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And blessed be the most high God ,
which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand .
And he gave him tithes of all .
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And the king of Sodom said unto Abram ,
Give me the persons ,
and take the goods to thyself .
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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 ,
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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 :
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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 .
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After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision ,
saying ,
Fear not ,
Abram :
I am thy shield ,
and thy exceeding great reward .