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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 3</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, how many are my foes!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="content">How many rise up against me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many are saying of me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="content">&#8220;God will not deliver him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 4 and 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are a shield around me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="content">my glory, the One who lifts my head high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I call out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="content">and he answers me from his holy mountain.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I lie down and sleep;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="content">I wake again, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will not fear though tens of thousands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="content">assail me on every side.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">Deliver me, my God!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">Strike all my enemies on the jaw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">break the teeth of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.3.8"><span class="content">May your blessing be on your people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 4</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 4:1-8 is numbered 4:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Answer me when I call to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">my righteous God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">Give me relief from my distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">have mercy on me and hear my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long will you people turn my glory into shame?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.4.2"><span class="content">How long will you love delusions and seek false gods</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seek lies</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has set apart his faithful servant for himself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.4.3"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hears when I call to him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Tremble and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">In your anger </span><span class="ft">(see Septuagint)</span></span></span><span class="content"> do not sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="content">when you are on your beds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="content">search your hearts and be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Offer the sacrifices of the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.4.5"><span class="content">and trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are asking, &#8220;Who will bring us prosperity?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.4.6"><span class="content">Let the light of your face shine on us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Fill my heart with joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.4.7"><span class="content">when their grain and new wine abound.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In peace I will lie down and sleep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.4.8"><span class="content">for you alone, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.4.8"><span class="content">make me dwell in safety.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 5</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 5:1-12 is numbered 5:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to my words, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="content">consider my lament.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my cry for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">my King and my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">for to you I pray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the morning, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you hear my voice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">in the morning I lay my requests before you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">and wait expectantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="content">with you, evil people are not welcome.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The arrogant cannot stand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">in your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">You hate all who do wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">you destroy those who tell lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">The bloodthirsty and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, detest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But I, by your great love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">can come into your house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">in reverence I bow down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">toward your holy temple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Lead me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, in your righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">because of my enemies&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">make your way straight before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">their heart is filled with malice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">Their throat is an open grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">with their tongues they tell lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Declare them guilty, O God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">Let their intrigues be their downfall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">Banish them for their many sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">for they have rebelled against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But let all who take refuge in you be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">let them ever sing for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">Spread your protection over them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">that those who love your name may rejoice in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Surely, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you bless the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.5.12"><span class="content">you surround them with your favor as with a shield.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abram and Lot Separate</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And quarreling arose between Abram&#8217;s herders and Lot&#8217;s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So Abram said to Lot, &#8220;Let&#8217;s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Is not the whole land before you? Let&#8217;s part company. If you go to the left, I&#8217;ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I&#8217;ll go to the left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, &#8220;Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seed</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 16</span></span></span><span class="content"> forever. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abram Rescues Lot</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, Babylonia; also in verse 9</span></span></span><span class="content"> Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley). </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran near the desert. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar&#8212;four kings against five. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They also carried off Abram&#8217;s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a relative</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">an ally</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King&#8217;s Valley).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and he blessed Abram, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.14.19"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed be Abram by God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.14.19"><span class="content">Creator of heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And praise be to God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.14.20"><span class="content">who delivered your enemies into your hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.14.20"><span class="content">Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The king of Sodom said to Abram, &#8220;Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But Abram said to the king of Sodom, &#8220;With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, &#8216;I made Abram rich.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me&#8212;to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre. Let them have their share.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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