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Genesis 14 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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1 And it came to pass at that time, that Amraphel king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Pontus, and Chodorlahomor king of the Elamites, and Thadal king of nations, 2 Made war against Bara king of Sodom, and against Bersa king of Gomorrha, and against Sennaab king of Adama, and against Semeber king of Seboim, and against the king of Bala, which is Segor. 3 All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea. 4 For they had served Chodorlahomor twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they revolted from him. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chodorlahomor, and the kings that were with him: and they smote the Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim, and the Zuzim with them, and the Emim in Save of Cariathaim. 6 And the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, even to the plains of Pharan, which is in the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to the fountain of Misphat, the same is Cades: and they smote all the country of the Amalecites, and the Amorrhean that dwelt in Asasonthamar. 8 And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha, and the king of Adama, and the king of Seboim, and the king of Bala, which is Segor, went out: and they set themselves against them in battle array in the woodland vale: 9 To wit, against Chodorlahomor king of the Elamites, and Thadal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Pontus: four kings against five. 10 Now the woodland vale had many pits of slime. And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha turned their backs and were overthrown there: and they that remained fled to the mountain. 11 And they took all the substance of the Sodomites, and Gomorrhites, and all their victuals, and went their way: 12 And Lot also, the son of Abram’s brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his substance. 13 And behold one that had escaped told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt in the vale of Mambre the Amorrhite, the brother of Escol, and the brother of Aner: for these had made league with Abram. 14 Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the servants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen well appointed: and pursued them to Dan. 15 And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night: and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the substance, and Lot his brother, with his substance, the women also and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chodorlahomor, and of the kings that were with him in the vale of Save, which is the king’s vale. 18 But Melchisedech the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God, 19 Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who created heaven and earth. 20 And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection the enemies are in thy hands. And he gave him the tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram: Give me the persons, and the rest take to thyself. 22 And he answered him: I lift up my hand to the Lord God the most high, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That from the very woof thread unto the shoe latchet, I will not take of any things that are thine, lest thou say I have enriched Abram: 24 Except such things as the young men have eaten, and the shares of the men that came with me, Aner, Escol, and Mambre: these shall take their shares.

People & places in this chapter

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People

  • Abraham

    Father of nations

    Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25

  • Amraphel

    King of Shinar

    King of Shinar, one of four kings who made war on the five kings of the Valley of Siddim in Abram's day.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:9

  • Aner

    Amorite ally of Abram

    An Amorite, brother of Mamre and Eshcol and bound by treaty to Abram, who went with Abram's men in the rescue of Lot.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 14:13; Genesis 14:24

  • Arioch

    King of Ellasar

    King of Ellasar, who joined Chedorlaomer in the war of four kings against five.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:9

  • Lot

    Abraham's nephew

    Abraham's nephew who chose the plain of Jordan and settled near Sodom.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11–14; 19

Places

  • Damascus

    Today: Syria

    An ancient Aramean capital where Saul (Paul) was converted and first preached. He later escaped over its wall in a basket.

    Cited in the guide: Acts 9:3; Genesis 14:15; 2 Kings 5:12

Cross references (22)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Genesis 10:10; Genesis 10:22; Isaiah 37:12; Genesis 11:2; Isaiah 11:11
  2. 2 Genesis 13:10; Deuteronomy 29:23; Genesis 10:19; Hosea 11:8; Isaiah 1:9–10
  3. 3 Numbers 34:12; Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 3:16; Genesis 19:24; Psalm 107:34
  4. 4 Ezekiel 17:15; Genesis 9:25–26
  5. 5 Deuteronomy 3:11; Deuteronomy 2:10–11; Genesis 15:20; Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:22
  6. 6 Deuteronomy 2:22; Deuteronomy 2:12; Genesis 21:21; Numbers 12:16; Numbers 13:3
  7. 7 2 Chronicles 20:2; Genesis 16:14; Genesis 20:1; Numbers 20:1; 1 Samuel 27:1–12
  8. 8 Genesis 19:22; Genesis 19:20; Genesis 13:10; Genesis 14:10; Genesis 14:2–3
  9. 10 Genesis 19:17; Isaiah 24:18; Genesis 19:30; Jeremiah 48:44; Genesis 11:3
  10. 11 Genesis 14:21; Genesis 14:16; Deuteronomy 28:35; Genesis 12:5; Deuteronomy 28:31
  11. 12 Genesis 12:5; Genesis 11:27; Revelation 3:19; Genesis 13:12–13; Job 9:23
  12. 13 Genesis 13:18; Genesis 14:24; Genesis 40:15; 1 Samuel 4:12; Exodus 2:6
  13. 14 Judges 18:29; Genesis 15:3; Genesis 17:12; Ecclesiastes 2:7; Genesis 17:27
  14. 15 Acts 9:2; Deuteronomy 15:2; 1 Kings 15:18; Isaiah 41:2–3; Psalm 112:5
  15. 16 1 Samuel 30:18–19; 1 Samuel 30:8; Genesis 12:2; Isaiah 41:2; Genesis 14:11–12
  16. 17 2 Samuel 18:18; Hebrews 7:1; Proverbs 19:4; Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel 18:6
  17. 18 Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 6:20–7:3; Hebrews 5:6; Hebrews 5:10; Psalm 76:2
  18. 19 Genesis 14:22; Hebrews 7:6–7; Ruth 3:10; Psalm 24:1; Numbers 6:23–27
  19. 20 Genesis 28:22; Nehemiah 13:12; Hebrews 7:4–9; Malachi 3:10; Deuteronomy 14:28
  20. 22 Daniel 12:7; Psalm 83:18; Revelation 10:5–6; Daniel 4:34; Judges 11:35
  21. 23 2 Kings 5:16; 2 Corinthians 11:9–12; Hebrews 13:5; Esther 9:15–16; 2 Kings 5:20
  22. 24 Proverbs 3:27; Matthew 7:12; Genesis 14:13; Romans 13:7–8; 1 Timothy 5:18

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 14:22 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Preface)

    For faith towards God justifies a man; and therefore he said, "I will stretch forth my hand to the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth." All these truths, however, do those holding perverse opinions endeavour to overthrow, because of one passage, which they certainly do not understand correctly.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 14:18 Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine (Book IV, Chapter 21)

    … Lord's supper prefigured in the case of Melchizedek the priest, according to the testimony of the Holy Scriptures, where it says: And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed Abraham.' Now, that Melchizedek was a type of Christ, the Holy Spirit declares in the Psalms, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 14:14 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXXV)

    Yea, the patriarch himself we admire for this, that in his own person he ran to the herd, and snatched up the calf, and that, when he had three hundred and eighteen servants born in his house. But now some are filled with so much pride, as to do these things by servants, and not to be ashamed.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 14:18 John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Book IV, Chapters XII–XIII)

    With bread and wine Melchisedek, the priest of the most high God, received Abraham on his return from the slaughter of the Gentiles.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)