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Abram redder Lot

1 På det tidspunkt udbrød der krig i landet. Amrafel, kongen af Shinear, Arjok, kongen af Ellasar, Kedorlaomer, kongen af Elam, og Tidal, kongen af Gojim, 2 kæmpede mod Bera, kongen af Sodoma, Birsha, kongen af Gomorra, Shinab, kongen af Adma, Shemeber, kongen af Sebojim, og kongen af Bela—også kaldet Zoar. 3 De sidstnævnte konger allierede sig og mobiliserede deres hære i Siddims dal ved Det Døde Hav.^[1] 4 I 12 år havde de været undertrykt af Kedorlaomer, men i det trettende år gjorde de oprør, 5 og nu i det fjortende år var Kedorlaomer og hans allierede på vej imod dem. Efter at disse allierede hære havde slået refaitterne i Ashterot-Karnajim, zuzitterne i Ham, emitterne på Kirjatajimsletten 6 og horitterne i Seirs bjerge og forfulgt dem helt til El-Paran ved ørkenens udkant, 7 vendte de om og kom til En-Mishpat—det senere Kadesh—hvor de slog amalekitterne og de amoritter, der boede i Hatzetzon-Tamar. 8 Men nu rykkede kongerne af Sodoma, Gomorra, Adma, Sebojim og Bela altså ud i Siddims dal imod 9 kong Kedorlaomer og hans allierede. Det var fire konger mod fem. 10 Siddims dal var imidlertid fuld af asfaltgruber, og da Sodomas og Gomorras konger blev slået på flugt, faldt nogle af deres folk ned i gruberne, mens resten flygtede op i bjergene. 11 Sejrherrerne kunne nu uden videre plyndre Sodoma og Gomorra for ejendele og levnedsmidler, hvorefter de drog bort. 12 De tog Lot, Abrams nevø, og alt hvad han ejede, med sig—for han boede jo i Sodoma. 13 En mand, som var undsluppet, kom og fortalte hebræeren Abram, hvad der var sket. Abram boede stadig i egelunden, der tilhørte amoritten Mamre, som var bror til Eshkol og Aner—Abrams allierede. 14 Da Abram hørte, at Lot var taget til fange, sammenkaldte han alle sine mandlige slaver, 318 i alt, og satte efter Kadorlaomers folk, til han indhentede dem oppe ved Dan. 15 Han og folkene spredte sig, og i nattens løb overrumplede de fjenderne, slog dem og forfulgte dem helt til Hoba nord for Damaskus. 16 Det lykkedes på den måde Abram at befri Lot og de øvrige krigsfanger, og han tog alt det med tilbage, som fjenderne havde taget i krigsbytte.

Melkizedek velsigner Abram

17 Da Abram vendte tilbage efter sejren over Kedorlaomer og de andre konger, kom Sodomas konge ham i møde i Shavedalen—også kaldet Kongedalen. 18 Også Melkizedek, Jerusalems konge, som var den højeste Guds præst, kom ham i møde. Han havde brød og vin med. 19-20 Han velsignede Abram med følgende ord: „Lovet være den højeste Gud, han, som er himlens og jordens skaber, han, som gav dig sejr over dine fjender. Må den højeste Guds velsignelse hvile over dig, Abram.” Så gav Abram ham en tiendedel af alt krigsbyttet. 21 Sodomas konge sagde til Abram: „Giv mig bare mine tilfangetagne folk tilbage. Krigsbyttet må du beholde.” 22 Men Abram svarede: „Jeg sværger ved Herren, den højeste Gud, himlens og jordens Skaber, 23 at jeg ikke vil tage noget, som tilhører dig, ikke så meget som en tråd eller en sandalrem! Du skal ikke senere kunne sige, at du gjorde Abram rig. 24 Men lad mine unge mænd få betaling for deres arbejde, og giv mine allierede, Aner, Eshkol og Mamre, deres del af krigsbyttet.”

King James Version

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; 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. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 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, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. 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 Hazezontamar. 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; 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. 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. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram' brother' son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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' dale. 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 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, 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: 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.