his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 014:017 The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley). 014:018 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. 014:019 He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: 014:020 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all. 014:021 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself." 014:022 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, 014:023 that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.' 014:024 I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion." 015:001 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward." 015:002 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?" 015:003 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir." 015:004 Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir." 015:005 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be." 015:006 He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. 015:007 He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it." 015:008 He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?" 015:009 He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 015:010 He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't divide the birds. 015:011 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. 015:012 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him. 015:013 He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.