Genesis 14:20
And blessed be the Most High God, through whose protection the enemies are in your hands.” And he gave him tithes from everything.
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In The King James Version
In Context
19he blessed him, and he said: “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, who created heaven and earth.
21Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me these souls, and take the rest for yourself.”
Cross References
Genesis 24:27saying, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my lord Abraham, who has not taken away his mercy and truth from my lord, and who has led me on a direct journey to the house of the brother of my lord.”
Genesis 47:24so that you may be able to have grain. One fifth part you will give to the king; the remaining four I permit to you, as seed and as food for your families and children.
Leviticus 27:30All the tithes of the land, whether from the grain, or from the fruits of trees, are for the Lord and are sanctified to him.
Deuteronomy 12:17You may not eat in your towns the tithes of your crops, and your wine and oil, the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, nor anything which you will vow, or which you will offer spontaneously, nor the first-fruits of your hands.
Deuteronomy 14:28In the third year, you shall separate another tenth part of all the things which spring forth for you at that time, and you shall store it within your gates.
2 Samuel 18:28Then, Ahimaaz, crying out, said to the king, “Be well, O king.” And reverencing the king prone on the ground before him, he said, “Blessed be the Lord your God, who has enclosed the men who had lifted up their hands against my lord the king.”
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 →