Genesis 14:19-24 ▼

19 Melchizedek blessed Abram and said, |Abram is blessed by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your control.| Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

21 The king of Sodom told Abram, |Return the people to me, and you take the possessions for yourself.|

22 But Abram answered the king of Sodom, |I have made an oath to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

23 that I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you won't be able to say, 'I made Abram rich.'

24 I will take nothing except what my warriors have eaten. But as for what belongs to the men who were allied with me, including Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their share.|