Genesis 14:20
And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And [Abram] gave him a tenth of all.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.
21And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the goods to thyself.
Cross References
Genesis 24:27And he said, Blessed be LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, LORD has led me in the way to the house of my master's brothers.
Genesis 47:24And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Leviticus 27:30And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is LORD's; it is holy to LORD.
Deuteronomy 12:17Thou may not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vow, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of
Deuteronomy 14:28At the end of every three years thou shall bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shall lay it up within thy gates.
2 Samuel 18:28And Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All is well. And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be LORD thy God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the ki
Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:18-21
Abram's Interview with Melchizedek. ( b. c. 1913.) 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies… Read the whole commentary →