Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 13
The Five Books of Moses
2 Thidal, king ofthe Gentiles} and they waged war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Bersha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Sheme· ber, king of Zeboiim, and king Bela
3 of Zoar. All these were defeated in the valley of Siddim (now known as
4 the Salt Sea). T hey served Kedar- I0 II I2 laomer for twelve years; but in the thirteenth year they rebelled . Accord~ ingly, in the fourteenth year, Keclar— laomer and his allied kings defeated the Refaiml at Ashterotlfs Hom, and the Zuzim at Ham along with them, and the,Emim at the Devi1’s Horns} and the Horites in the mountains of Seir, as far as the pastures which adjoin the desert. They then returned and came to the Well of justice 5 and conquered all the plain of Amalakites, and also the Amorites who inhabited the palm groves. The king of Sodom accordingly went out with the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah,and the king of Zeboiim, and king Bela of Zoar; and they commenced hostili· ties in the valley of Siddirn with Keclarlaorner king of Elam, and '1`lndal, king of the Gentiles, and Amrafel king of Shinar, and Ariok king of Ellassa1·—-—four kings against five. T he valley of Siddim, however, was full of petroleum pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah took tlight and fell there ; and the Hillmen pursued, and seized all the wealth of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their stores and marched off. They also took Lot, the nephew of Abram, and his chattels when they marched, Mesopotamia, as we now call it. Western Persia. The heathen. Kadesh.' for he resided in Sodom. A fugitive then came and reported to Abram, the Colonist, who had settled at the Oakwoods of Mamrah, the Amorite, the brother of Ashkol, and brother of Aner, who were confederate chiefs with Abram. When Abram heard that they had taken captive his rela- tive, he then mustered the trained youths of his own family, to the number of three hundred and eigh- teen, and pursued to punish them; and overtook them in the night-time, and he and his followers defeated and pursued them to I-Iobah, which is on the north of Damascus. i And he re- covered all the property, as well as Lot his relative, and his property, together with the men and the people. The king of Sodom then met him
to congratulate him after his return from defeating Kedarlaomer, and the kings who were with him at the Devil's valley} Melkizedek, also, king of Salem, came out to them with wine; and he was a priest of ALMIGHIY GOD, And he gave him his blessing, and said: 'Anmxonrr Gon, Creator of
Heaven and Earth, bless Abram; and you thank the Most High who gave your enemies into your hand. He then gave to him a tenth of all the spoil. The king of Sodom also said to
You have given me my life, so take all the wealth to yourself? But Abram replied to the king of
I have lifted my hand to the Ev1zR—Lxv1No Gon ALM1om·Y, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, against taking even a shoestring, or from taking anything that is yours, so that you may not say, ‘ I have made Abram rich; ’ except what the soldiers have eaten, and the share of the men who 16 x8 20 2I 22 came with me, Aner, Ashkol, and Mam- rah-·allow them to take their share} W5: Etizrglilzing appears in 3lu·¤m, lniib at Qrumisz. It was after these events that the 15 EVER-LIVING spoke to Abram in a Be not afraid. Abram ; I am your Shield, your abundant reward; I will greatly en- rich you. is an
inserted note of an ancient transcriber, not a part of the original text. I therefore put it at the foot of the page.-F. F.
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