Genesis 14:17-24

Lexham English Bible

Abram Meets Melchizedek

¹⁷ After his return from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the Valley of the King). ¹⁸ And Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought out bread and wine. (He was the priest of God Most High). ¹⁹ And he blessed him and said,

And he^[a] gave to him a tenth of everything. ²¹ And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but the possessions take for yourself.” ²² And Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth, ²³ that neither a thread nor^[b] a thong of a sandal would I take from all that belongs to you, that you might not say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ ²⁴ Nothing besides what^[c] the servants have eaten and the share of the men who went out with me will I take. Let Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share.”