Hi, I'm Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible In a Year podcast, where we

encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.

The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.

Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,

discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and

how we fit into that story today. This is Day 7, and we are reading from Genesis chapter 14

and chapter 15. We're continuing the story of Abram and Sarai and their call. We're also taking

those next steps in the story of the life of the righteous man, suffering man, Job, by reading Job chapter 3 and

chapter 4. We're also diving more deeply into the wisdom literature by doing a number of verses

in Proverbs chapter 1, verses 8 through 19. Quick reminder, the Bible translation that I'm using

is the revised standard version, Catholic edition. It's the Great Adventure Bible from

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by texting the word Catholic Bible to 33777. Let's keep going and let's get started. Genesis chapter 14 and chapter 15.

In the days of Amrafel, king of Shiner, Ariok, king of Elisar, Chedur-Lamur, king of Elam,

and title king of Goim, these kings made war with Berra, king of Sodom, Bersha, king of Gomorrah, Shinnab, King of Adma, Shemiber, king of Zuboim, and the king of Bella, that is, Zohar. And all these joined forces in the Valley of Sadiom, that is, the Salt Sea. Twelve years they had served Jeddalaamur, but in the 13th year they rebuilt. In the 14th year, Chedroleomer, and the kings who were with him, came and subdued the Brefa'im in Ashtaroth, Karname, the Zuzim in Ham, the Imin in Shavakirateim, and the Horites in the Mount Seer as far as El Paran on the border of the wilderness. Then they turned back and came to Enmishbat, that is Kadesh, and subdued all the country of the Malakites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hezazan Tamar. Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorah, the king of Zabweim, and the king of Betla, that is Zohar, went out, and they joined battle in the valley of Sedeem with Chedur-Leomer, King of Alam,

title king of Goim, Amrafal, king of Shiner, and Ariak, king of Elisar, four kings against five.

Now the valley of Sadiom was full of bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,

some fell into them, and the rest fled to the mountain. So the enemy took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the mountain.

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