Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) · 16 of 73 · tr. American Standard Version (1901)
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[14:9] against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
[14:10] Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.
[14:11] And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
[14:12] And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
[14:13] And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram.
[14:14] And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
[14:15] And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
[14:16] And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
[14:17] And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King’s Vale).
[14:18] And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.
[14:19] And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
[14:20] and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.
[14:21] And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
[14:22] And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
[14:23] that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
[14:24] save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
[15:1] After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
[15:2] And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
[15:3] And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
[15:4] And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
§ Ask Guru about this passage →Themes
Covenanttheology
A binding agreement or relationship between the divine and a people or individual, establishing mutual obligations.
The passage establishes a binding divine-human relationship: God speaks to Abram in a vision, promises him protection, reward, and an heir from his own body, creating mutual obligations characteristic of a covenant.
All passages →Divine Providencetheology
Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.
God actively orders Abram's affairs toward intelligible ends: promising protection ('I am thy shield'), reward, and the specific lineage that will define Abram's future, showing divine governance over human destiny rather than blind chance.
All passages →Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
God is portrayed as actively present and dynamic—speaking in a vision, promising to be Abram's shield and exceeding great reward, and directing the promise of an heir—rather than an abstract principle.
All passages →Sacred Namestheology
Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.
Abram lifts his hand 'unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,' invoking a divine name-formula that carries ontological weight as the basis of his oath.
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