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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: Genesis fourteen Lot is captured, Amraphel, the king of Babylonia, Ariak was the king of Elisar, and Keterlamer was the king of Elam, and Tidal was the king of Goim.
- 0:20SPEAKER_00: All these kings fought a war against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Adma, King Shemeber of Zeboam, and the King of Bella.
- 0:38SPEAKER_00: Bella is also called Zoar.
- 0:43SPEAKER_00: All these kings joined their armies in the valley of Sidim.
- 0:49SPEAKER_00: The valley of Sidim is now the Salt Sea.
- 0:54SPEAKER_00: These kings had served Ketalamer for twelve years, but the thirteenth year they all rebelled against him.
- 1:05SPEAKER_00: So in the fourteenth year King Keterlamer and the kings with him came to fight against them.
- 1:14SPEAKER_00: Keterlamer and the kings with him defeated the Rephaites in Ashtaroth Karnum.
- 1:23SPEAKER_00: They also defeated the Zuzites in Ham.
- 1:28SPEAKER_00: They defeated the Amites in Shavirathim, and they defeated the Horites who lived in the area from the hill country of Sir to El Puron.
- 1:44SPEAKER_00: El Puran is near the desert.
- 1:48SPEAKER_00: Then King Ketaralamer turned back, went to Inmishpat, that is Kadesh, and defeated the Amalekites.
- 1:59SPEAKER_00: He also defeated the Amorites living in Hizan Tamar.
- 2:06SPEAKER_00: At that time the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Adma, Zeboam, and Bella also joined together to fight against their enemies in the valley of Sidem.
- 2:21SPEAKER_00: They fought against King Keterlamer of Elum, King Tidal of Goim, King Amraphel of Babylonia, and King Ariak of Elisar.
- 2:35SPEAKER_00: So there were four kings fighting against five.
- 2:40SPEAKER_00: There were many holes filled with tar in the valley of Sidam.
- 2:45SPEAKER_00: When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their armies ran away, some of the soldiers fell into these holes, but others ran away to the mountains.
- 2:59SPEAKER_00: So Kedarlamer and his armies took everything that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah owned.
- 3:08SPEAKER_00: They took all their food and clothing and left.
- 3:13SPEAKER_00: Lot, the son of Abram's brother, was living in Sodom and they captured him.
- 3:21SPEAKER_00: They also took everything he owned and left.
- 3:25SPEAKER_00: One of the men who had escaped went to Abram the Hebrew and told him what had happened.
- 3:33SPEAKER_00: Abram was camped near the trees of Mamre the Amorite.
- 3:39SPEAKER_00: Mamre, Eshkol and Ener had made an agreement to help each other, and they had also signed an agreement to help Abram.
- 3:51SPEAKER_00: Abram rescues Lot.
- 3:54SPEAKER_00: When Abram learned that Lot was captured, he called all of his family together.
- 4:01SPEAKER_00: There were three hundred and eighteen trained soldiers.
- 4:05SPEAKER_00: He led the men and chased the enemy all the way to the town of Dan.
- 4:12SPEAKER_00: That night he and his men made a surprise attack against the enemy.
- 4:18SPEAKER_00: They defeated them and chased them to Hoba, north of Damascus.
- 4:25SPEAKER_00: Then Abram brought back everything the enemy had stolen, as well as the women and servants, his nephew Lot, and everything Lot owned.
- 4:38SPEAKER_00: Then Abram went home after he defeated Keter Lamer and the kings with him.
- 4:46SPEAKER_00: On his way home the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shave.
- 4:54SPEAKER_00: This is now called King's Valley.
- 4:58SPEAKER_00: Melchizedek Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a high priest of God most high, also went to meet Abram.
- 5:10SPEAKER_00: He brought bread and wine.
- 5:13SPEAKER_00: He blessed Abram and said, Abram, may you be blessed by the God most high, the one who made heaven and earth, and we praise God most high who helped you defeat your enemies.
- 5:31SPEAKER_00: Abram gave Melchizedek one tenth of everything he had taken during the battle.
- 5:38SPEAKER_00: Then the king of Sodom told Abram, Give me my people who were captured, but you can keep everything else.
- 5:49SPEAKER_00: But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I promise to the Lord, the God most high, the one who made heaven and earth, I promise that I will not keep anything that is yours, not even a thread or sandal strap.
- 6:08SPEAKER_00: I don't want you to say I made Abram rich.
- 6:13SPEAKER_00: The only thing I will accept is the food that my young men have eaten.
- 6:19SPEAKER_00: But you should give this share to the other men.
- 6:24SPEAKER_00: Take what we won in battle and give some to Ener, Eshkol, and Mamre.
- 6:31SPEAKER_00: These men helped me in the battle.