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Gods promiſe.
Chap.xiiij.
Melchizedek.

Northward, and Southward, and Eaſtward, and Weſtward.

15For all the land which thou ſeeſt, ** Chap. 12.7. and 26.4. deut.34.4. to thee will I giue it, and to thy ſeede for euer.

16And I will make thy ſeede as the duſt of the earth: ſo that if a man can number the duſt of the earth, then ſhall thy ſeed alſo be numbred.

17Ariſe, walke through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of it: for I will giue it vnto thee.

18Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelt in the Hebr. plaines. plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar vnto the LORD.

CHAP. XIIII.

1 The battell of foure Kings againſt fiue. 11 Lot is taken priſoner. 14 Abram reſcueth him. 18 Melchi-zedek bleſſeth Abram. 20 Abram giueth him tithe. 22 The reſt of the ſpoile, his partners hauing had their portions, he reſtoreth to the King of Sodom.

ANd it came to paſſe in the dayes of Amraphel King of Shinar, Arioch King of Ellaſar, Chedorlaomer King of Elam, and Tidal King of nations:

2That theſe made warre with Bera King of Sodome, and with Birſha King of Gomorrah, Shinab King of Admah, and Shemeber King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar.

3All theſe were ioyned together in the vale of Siddim; which is the ſalt Sea.

4Twelve yeeres they ſerued Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yeere they rebelled.

5And in the fourteenth yeere came Chedorlaomer, and the Kings that were with him, and ſmote the Rephaims, in Aſhteroth Karnaim, ⁊ the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in ‖Or, the plaine of Kiriathaim Shaueh Kiriathaim;

6And the Horites in their mount Seir, vnto ‖Or, the plaine of Paran El-Paran, which is by the wilderneſſe.

7And they returned, and came to En-miſhpat, which is Kadeſh, ⁊ ſmote all the countrey of the Amalekites, and alſo the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

8And there went out the King of Sodome, and the King of Gomorrah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, (the ſame is Zoar) and they ioyned battell with them, in the vale of Siddim.

9With Chedorlaomer the King of Elam, and with Tidal King of nations, and Amraphel King of Shinar, and Arioch King of Ellaſar; foure Kings with fiue.

10And the vale of Siddim was full of ſlime-pits: and the Kings of Sodom ⁊ Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained, fled to the mountaine.

11And they tooke all the goods of Sodome and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

12And they tooke Lot, Abrams brothers ſonne, (who dwelt in Sodome) and his goods, and departed.

13¶ And there came one that had eſcaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, for hee dwelt in the plaine of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eſhcol, and brother of Aner: and theſe were confederate with Abram.

14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captiue, he ‖Or, led foorth. armed his ‖Or, inſtructed. trained ſeruants borne in his owne houſe, three hundred and eighteene, and purſued them vnto Dan.

15And hee diuided himſelfe againſt them, he and his ſeruants by night, and ſmote them, and purſued them vnto Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damasſcus:

16And hee brought backe all the goods, and alſo brought againe his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women alſo, and the people.

17¶ And the King of Sodome went out to meete him, (after his returne from the ſlaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the Kings that were with him) at the valley of Saueh, which is the ** 2.Sam.18.18. Kings dale.

18And ** Heb.7.1. Melchizedek King of Salem brought foorth bread and wine: and he was the Prieſt of the moſt high God.

19And hee bleſſed him, and ſaide; Bleſſed bee Abram of the moſt high God, poſſeſſour of heauen and earth,

20And bleſſed bee the moſt high God, which hath deliuered thine enemies into thy hand: and hee gaue him ** Heb.7.4. tithes of all.

21And the King of Sodome ſaid vnto Abram, giue me the Hebr. ſoules. perſons, and take