Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. New Living Translation And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered. English Standard Version and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. Berean Standard Bible and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything. King James Bible And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. New King James Version And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all. New American Standard Bible And blessed be God Most High, Who has handed over your enemies to you.” And he gave him a tenth of everything. NASB 1995 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” He gave him a tenth of all. NASB 1977 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Legacy Standard Bible And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then he gave him a tenth of all. Amplified Bible And blessed, praised, and glorified be God Most High, Who has given your enemies into your hand.” And Abram gave him a tenth of all [the treasure he had taken in battle]. Christian Standard Bible and blessed be God Most High who has handed over your enemies to you. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. Holman Christian Standard Bible and I give praise to God Most High who has handed over your enemies to you. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. American Standard Version and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And blessed is God the Highest who delivered your enemies into your hands”, and he gave to him a tenth of everything. Brenton Septuagint Translation and blessed be the most high God who delivered thine enemies into thy power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all. Contemporary English Version All praise belongs to God Most High for helping you defeat your enemies." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything. Douay-Rheims Bible And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection the enemies are in thy hands. And he gave him the tithes of all. English Revised Version and blessed be God Most High, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all. GOD'S WORD® Translation Blessed is God Most High, who has handed your enemies over to you." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. Good News Translation May the Most High God, who gave you victory over your enemies, be praised!" And Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the loot he had recovered. International Standard Version and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your control." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. JPS Tanakh 1917 and blessed be God the Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.' And he gave him a tenth of all. Literal Standard Version and blessed [is] God Most High, who has delivered your adversaries into your hand”; and he gives to him a tenth of all. Majority Standard Bible and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything. New American Bible And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. NET Bible Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything. New Revised Standard Version and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him one-tenth of everything. New Heart English Bible and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." And he gave him a tenth of everything. Webster's Bible Translation And blessed be the most high God, who hath delivered thy enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. World English Bible Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all. Young's Literal Translation and blessed is God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Melchizedek Blesses Abram…19and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, 20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything. 21The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”… Cross References Hebrews 7:4 Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder. Genesis 9:26 He also declared: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem. Genesis 14:21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself." Exodus 18:10 Jethro declared, "Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from the hand of the Egyptians. Treasury of Scripture And blessed be the most high God, which has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him tithes of all. blessed. Genesis 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Genesis 24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. Psalm 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. which. Joshua 10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. Psalm 44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. tithes. Genesis 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. Leviticus 27:30-32 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD… Numbers 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: Jump to Previous Abram Adversaries Blessed Delivered Enemies Goods Hand Hands High Praised Tenth TithesJump to Next Abram Adversaries Blessed Delivered Enemies Goods Hand Hands High Praised Tenth TithesGenesis 14 1. The battle of four kings against the king of Sodom and his allies.12. Lot is taken prisoner. 14. Abram rescues him. 17. Melchizedek blesses Abram, who gives him tithes. 21. Abram restores the rest of the spoil to the king of Sodom. (20) He gave him tithes.--Abram thus consecrated the war by a thank-offering to God, Who had given him the victory. But he also, by paying tithes, acknowledged the priesthood of Melchizedek, and that the God Whom he served was the true God. See Hebrews 7:4-11.Verse 20. - And blessed be the most high God (cf. Genesis 9:56), who hath delivered - miggen, a word peculiar to poetry - nathan (cf. Proverbs 4:9; Hosea 11:8) - thine enemies - tsarecha, also a poetical expression - oyeb (cf. Deuteronomy 32:27; Job 16:9; Psalm 81:15) - into thy hand. And he - not Melchisedeck (Jewish interpreters), but Abram (Josephus, LXX., Jonathan, Hebrews 7:6) - gave him (not Abram, but Melchisedeck) tithes "tenths." These, being the customary offering to the Deity, were an acknowledgment of the Divine priesthood of Melchisedeck. The practice of paying tithes, primarily a voluntary tax for the servants of the sanctuary, appears to have obtained among different nations from the remotest antiquity (vide Dr. Ginsburg in 'Kitto's Cyclopedia,' art. Tithes). The tithal law was afterwards incorporated among the Mosaic statutes (Leviticus 27:30-33; Numbers 18:31-32) - of all - the spoils which he had taken (Hebrews 7:4.) Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew and blessed beוּבָרוּךְ֙ (ū·ḇā·rūḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse God אֵ֣ל (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty Most High, עֶלְי֔וֹן (‘el·yō·wn) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme who אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that has delivered מִגֵּ֥ן (mig·gên) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4042: To shield, encompass with, to rescue, to hand safely over your enemies צָרֶ֖יךָ (ṣā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent into your hand.” בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ (bə·yā·ḏe·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand Then Abram gave וַיִּתֶּן־ (way·yit·ten-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set [Melchizedek] a tenth מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר (ma·‘ă·śêr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4643: Tenth part, tithe of everything. מִכֹּֽל׃ (mik·kōl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every Links Genesis 14:20 NIVGenesis 14:20 NLT Genesis 14:20 ESV Genesis 14:20 NASB Genesis 14:20 KJV Genesis 14:20 BibleApps.com Genesis 14:20 Biblia Paralela Genesis 14:20 Chinese Bible Genesis 14:20 French Bible Genesis 14:20 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 14:20 And blessed be God Most High who (Gen. 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