ABRAM RESCUES LOT AND IS BLESSED BY MELCHIZEDEK

Melchizedek king of Salem (ancient Jerusalem) brought out bread and wine [for them]; he was the priest of God Most High.
And Melchizedek blessed Abram and said, “Blessed (joyful, favored) be Abram by God Most High, Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth.

ABRAM AT HEBRON LOT TAKEN CAPTIVE

Abram at Hebron. Lot taken captive.
Then Abram broke camp and moved his tent, and came and settled by the [grove of the great] terebinths (oak trees) of Mamre [the Amorite], which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to [honor] the LORD. Lot Taken Captive. And they also took [captive] Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and left, for he was living in Sodom.