10. was full of tar pits, and when the troops from Sodom and Gomorrah started running away, some of them fell into the pits. Others escaped to the hill country.
11. Their enemies took everything of value from Sodom and Gomorrah, including their food supplies.
12. They also captured Abram's nephew Lot, who lived in Sodom. They took him and his possessions and then left.
13. At this time Abram the Hebrew was living near the oaks that belonged to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his brothers Eshcol and Aner were Abram's friends. Someone who had escaped from the battle told Abram
14. that his nephew Lot had been taken away. Three hundred and eighteen of Abram's servants were fighting men, so he took them and followed the enemy as far north as the city of Dan.
15. That night, Abram divided up his troops, attacked from all sides, and won a great victory. But some of the enemy escaped to the town of Hobah north of Damascus,
16. and Abram went after them. He brought back his nephew Lot, together with Lot's possessions and the women and everyone else who had been captured.