Genesis 14:22

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

In Context

21And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the horses to thyself.

23that I will not take from all thy goods from a string to a shoe latchet, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:19And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,

Genesis 21:23Now therefore swear to me by God that thou wilt not injure me, nor my seed, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have performed with thee thou shalt deal with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.

Genesis 24:3and I will adjure thee by the Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them.

Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord thy God, the earth and all things that are in it.

Judges 11:35And it came to pass when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Ah, ah, my daughter, thou hast indeed troubled me, and thou wast the cause of my trouble; and I have opened my mouth against thee to the Lord, and I shall not be able to return from it.

1 Chronicles 29:11Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the might: for thou art Lord of all things that are in heaven and upon the earth: before thy face every king and nation is troubled.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:22-24

Abram's Disinterestedness. ( b. c. 1913.) 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord , the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went… Read the whole commentary →

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