¹⁸ Then Melchizedek^(A) king of Salem^(B) brought out bread^(C) and wine.^(D) He was priest of God Most High,^{(E) 19} and he blessed Abram,^(F) saying,

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.^(J)

²⁰ Then Jacob made a vow,^(A) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me^(B) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear^{(C) 21} so that I return safely^(D) to my father’s household,^(E) then the Lord^[a] will be my God^{(F) 22} and^[b] this stone that I have set up as a pillar^(G) will be God’s house,^(H) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.^(I)”