Book of Jasher, Chapter 16 — The War of the Kings; Abram Rescues Lot and Is Blessed by Adonizedek; Hagar Is Given to Abram
1At that time Chedorlaomer king of Elam sent to all the neighboring kings — to Nimrod king of Shinar, who was then under his power, and to Tidal king of Goyim, and to Arioch king of Elasar, with whom he had made a covenant — saying, Come up to me and help me, that we may strike all the towns of Sodom and their inhabitants, for they have rebelled against me these thirteen years.
2And these four kings went up with all their camps, about eight hundred thousand men; and they went as they were, striking down every man they found in their way.
3And the five kings of Sodom and Gomorrah — Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, Bera king of Sodom, Bersha king of Gomorrah, and Bela king of Zoar — went out to meet them, and they all joined battle in the valley of Siddim.
4And these nine kings made war in the valley of Siddim; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were struck down before the kings of Elam.
5And the valley of Siddim was full of lime pits; and the kings of Elam pursued the kings of Sodom, and the kings of Sodom with their camps fled and fell into the lime pits; and all who remained fled to the mountain for safety; and the five kings of Elam went after them and pursued them to the gates of Sodom, and they took all that there was in Sodom.
6And they plundered all the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah; and they also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, and his property; and they seized all the goods of the cities of Sodom, and they went away. And Unic, Abram's servant, who was in the battle, saw this, and told Abram all that the kings had done to the cities of Sodom, and that Lot had been taken captive by them.
7And Abram heard this, and he rose up with about three hundred and eighteen men who were with him; and that night he pursued those kings and struck them down, and they all fell before Abram and his men; and none remained except the four kings, who fled, each going his own way.
8And Abram recovered all the property of Sodom; and he also recovered Lot and his property, his wives and little ones and all that belonged to him, so that Lot lacked nothing.
9And when he returned from striking down these kings, he and his men passed through the valley of Siddim, where the kings had fought their battle.
10And Bera king of Sodom, and the rest of his men who were with him, came out of the lime pits into which they had fallen, to meet Abram and his men.
11And Adonizedek king of Jerusalem — the same was Shem — went out with his men to meet Abram and his people, with bread and wine; and they remained together in the valley of Melech.
12And Adonizedek blessed Abram; and Abram gave him a tenth of all that he had brought back from the spoil of his enemies, for Adonizedek was a priest before God.
13And all the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah who were there, with their servants, approached Abram and begged him to return to them their people whom he had rescued, and to take all the property for himself.
14And Abram answered the kings of Sodom, saying, As the Lord lives, who created heaven and earth, and who redeemed my soul from all affliction, and who delivered me this day from my enemies and gave them into my hand — I will not take anything that belongs to you, so that you may not boast tomorrow, saying, Abram became rich from our property that he saved.
15For the Lord my God, in whom I trust, said to me, You shall lack nothing, for I will bless you in all the works of your hands.
16And now therefore, behold, here is all that belongs to you: take it and go. As the Lord lives, I will not take from you so much as a shoelace or a thread, from a living soul down — except the cost of the food of those who went out with me to battle, and the portions of the men who went with me: Anar, Ashcol, and Mamre, they and their men, and also those who remained to watch the baggage; they shall take their portion of the spoil.
17And the kings of Sodom gave Abram according to all that he had said; and they pressed him to take whatever he chose, but he would not.
18And he sent away the kings of Sodom and the remainder of their men, and he gave them instructions about Lot, and they went to their places.
19And Lot, his brother's son, he also sent away with his property, and he went with them; and Lot returned to his home, to Sodom; and Abram and his people returned to their home, to the plains of Mamre, which is in Hebron.
20At that time the Lord again appeared to Abram in Hebron, and he said to him, Do not fear; your reward is very great before me, for I will not leave you until I have multiplied you and blessed you, and made your seed like the stars of heaven, which cannot be measured or numbered.
21And I will give to your seed all these lands that you see with your eyes; to them I will give them for an inheritance forever. Only be strong and do not fear; walk before me and be perfect.
22And in the seventy-eighth year of the life of Abram, in that year died Reu, the son of Peleg; and all the days of Reu were two hundred and thirty-nine years, and he died.
23And Sarai, the daughter of Haran, Abram's wife, was still barren in those days; she bore Abram neither son nor daughter.
24And when she saw that she bore no children, she took her handmaid Hagar, whom Pharaoh had given her, and she gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.
25For Hagar had learned all the ways of Sarai, as Sarai taught her; she was in no way lacking in following her good ways.
26And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, here is my handmaid Hagar: go to her, that she may bear upon my knees, and that I too may obtain children through her.
27And at the end of ten years of Abram's dwelling in the land of Canaan — which is the eighty-fifth year of Abram's life — Sarai gave Hagar to him.
28And Abram listened to the voice of his wife Sarai, and he took his handmaid Hagar, and Abram went in to her, and she conceived.
29And when Hagar saw that she had conceived, she rejoiced greatly, and her mistress was despised in her eyes; and she said within herself, This can only mean that I am better before God than Sarai my mistress — for all the days my mistress has been with my lord she has not conceived, but me the Lord has caused to conceive by him in so short a time.
30And when Sarai saw that Hagar had conceived by Abram, Sarai was jealous of her handmaid; and Sarai said within herself, This surely means nothing else but that she must be better than I am.
31And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon you! For at the time when you prayed before the Lord for children, why did you not pray on my account, that the Lord should give me seed from you?
32And when I speak to Hagar in your presence, she despises my words, because she has conceived — and you say nothing to her. May the Lord judge between me and you for what you have done to me.
33And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your handmaid is in your hand: do to her as seems good in your eyes. And Sarai afflicted her, and Hagar fled from her to the wilderness.
34And an angel of the Lord found her in the place where she had fled, by a well; and he said to her, Do not fear, for I will multiply your seed; for you shall bear a son, and you shall call his name Ishmael. Now return to Sarai your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.
35And Hagar called the place of that well Beer-lahai-roi; it is between Kadesh and the wilderness of Bered.
36And Hagar at that time returned to her master's house; and in due time Hagar bore a son to Abram, and Abram called his name Ishmael; and Abram was eighty-six years old when he fathered him.