Abraham and Lot dwell in that place until there is not enough room for all of their possessions. Abraham says to Lot that they should separate and take more land, and they do this. Lot settles near the city of Sodom (this is, we learn, before Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by the dark fire). Then occurs the battle of the four kings against five, which is described using the tropes of Anglo-Saxon battle poetry. The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah are defeated and Lot is captured by the victorious powers.
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