Genesis 14:20
Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your foes into your power. Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
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19He blessed him saying: Blessed be Abram before God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.
21The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me my people, and take the goods for yourself.”
Cross References
Genesis 24:27saying, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has continued to show his mercy and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the way to the house of my master’s relatives.”
Genesis 47:24At the harvest, you must give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed for the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and for food for your little ones.”
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 →