Catholic Public Domain Version

Genesis 14:15-20 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

15. And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night. And he struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

16. And he brought back all the substance, and Lot his brother, with his substance, likewise the women and the people.

17. Then the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter at Chedorlaomer, and the kings who were with him at the valley of Shaveh, which is the valley of the king.

18. Then in truth, Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, for he was a priest of the Most High God;

19. he blessed him, and he said: "Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, who created heaven and earth.

20. And blessed be the Most High God, through whose protection the enemies are in your hands." And he gave him tithes from everything.