¹³ A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew.^(A) Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre^(B) the Amorite, a brother^[a] of Eshkol^(C) and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. ¹⁴ When Abram heard that his relative^(D) had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained^(E) men born in his household^(F) and went in pursuit as far as Dan.^{(G) 15} During the night Abram divided his men^(H) to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.^{(I) 16} He recovered^(J) all the goods^(K) and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.

¹⁷ After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer^(L) and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom^(M) came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).^(N)

¹⁸ Then Melchizedek^(O) king of Salem^(P) brought out bread^(Q) and wine.^(R) He was priest of God Most High,^{(S) 19} and he blessed Abram,^(T) saying,

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.^(X)

²¹ The king of Sodom^(Y) said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods^(Z) for yourself.”

²² But Abram said to the king of Sodom,^(AA) “With raised hand^(AB) I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High,^(AC) Creator of heaven and earth,^{(AD) 23} that I will accept nothing belonging to you,^(AE) not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ ²⁴ I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre.^(AF) Let them have their share.”

⁶ I will make you very fruitful;^(A) I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.^(B)

²¹ While he was living in the Desert of Paran,^(A) his mother got a wife for him^(B) from Egypt.

The Treaty at Beersheba

²² At that time Abimelek^(C) and Phicol the commander of his forces^(D) said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.^{(E) 23} Now swear^(F) to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants.^(G) Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”^(H)

²⁴ Abraham said, “I swear it.”

²⁵ Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.^{(I) 26} But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.”

²⁷ So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.^{(J) 28} Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock, ²⁹ and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”

³⁰ He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness^(K) that I dug this well.^(L)”

³¹ So that place was called Beersheba,^[a](M) because the two men swore an oath^(N) there.

³² After the treaty^(O) had been made at Beersheba,^(P) Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces^(Q) returned to the land of the Philistines.^(R)