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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 14, Verse 13

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And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. [
New English Translation
A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner.(All these were allied by treaty with Abram.)
World English Bible
One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of 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: