Genesis 14:20
and blessed be the most high God who delivered thine enemies into thy power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
19And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,
21And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the horses to thyself.
Cross References
Genesis 24:27and said, Blessed be the Lord the God of my master Abraham, who has not suffered his righteousness to fail, nor his truth from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house of the brother of my lord.
Genesis 47:24And there shall be the fruits of it; and ye shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and the four remaining parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for you, and all that are in your houses.
Leviticus 27:30Every tithe of the land, both of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of trees, is the Lord’s, holy to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 12:17Thou shalt not be able to eat in thy cities the tithe of thy corn, and of thy wine, and of thine oil, the firstborn of thy herd and of thy flock, and all your vows as many as ye shall have vowed, and your thank offerings, and the firstfruits of thy hands.
Deuteronomy 14:28After three years thou shalt bring out all the tithes of thy fruits, in that year thou shalt lay it up in thy cities.
2 Samuel 18:28And Ahimaaz cried out and said to the king, Peace. And he did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has delivered up the men that 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 →