19 and he blessed Abram,(A) saying,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,(B)
    Creator of heaven and earth.(C)
20 And praise be to God Most High,(D)
    who delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.(E)

21 The king of Sodom(F) said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods(G) for yourself.”

22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom,(H) “With raised hand(I) I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High,(J) Creator of heaven and earth,(K)

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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 into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

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,

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When the Most High(A) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(B)
he set up boundaries(C) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God

When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

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14 The Lord thundered(A) from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.

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14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

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