EXTRA on Lech Lecha 14:17

Complete Passuk

וַיֵּצֵ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם֮ לִקְרָאתוֹ֒ אַחֲרֵ֣י שׁוּב֗וֹ מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙ אֶת־כְּדׇרְלָעֹ֔מֶר וְאֶת־הַמְּלָכִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ אֶל־עֵ֣מֶק שָׁוֵ֔ה ה֖וּא עֵ֥מֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

When he returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh, which is the Valley of the King.

Source

Bereishis Rabbah (Emek Shaveh / Valley of the King)

Core Text

עֵמֶק שָׁוֵה — שֶׁהֻשְׁווּ שָׁם כָּל הָאֻמּוֹת וְהִמְלִיכוּ אֶת אַבְרָהָם עֲלֵיהֶם לְנְשִׂיא אֱלֹהִים.

English: Valley of Shaveh — where all the nations were of one accord and appointed Avraham prince of God over them.

On the daf / in context: Rashi cites the midrash: the valley’s name marks the moment the nations acclaimed Avraham. The meeting with the king of Sodom thus occurs in a place already charged with Avraham’s elevation.

What Is Learned: Before Malki-Tzedek’s bread and wine, the nations have already recognized Avraham; the subsequent refusal of Sodom’s goods is the refusal of a man already acknowledged as “prince of God.”

Supplementary classical material not listed by Torah Temimah under this exact passuk.