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Malki-Tsedeq bent his knees upon the mountain and called upon the Maker whom he had discerned.
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He prayed: ‘Elohim who made heaven and earth, You alone are true. Hear me now.’
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‘Judge those who rise to pour out my brother’s blood, and let the ground beneath the assembly become Sheol to them.’
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The account says that Yahuah heard the cry of Malki-Tsedeq.
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The earth opened and swallowed the assembly, the city, and the household from which he had fled.
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Neither their structures nor their animals remained in the place according to this recension.
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This destruction is the narrative’s own claim; it is not elevated here into the wording of Torah or independent history.