¹⁷ And the king of Sodom ^(A)went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the ^(B)King’s Valley), ^(C)after his return from the ^[a]defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.

Abram and Melchizedek^(D)

¹⁸ Then ^(E)Melchizedek king of Salem brought out ^(F)bread and wine; he was ^(G)the priest of ^(H)God Most High. ¹⁹ And he blessed him and said:

And he ^(L)gave him ^[b]a tithe of all.

²¹ Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the ^[c]persons, and take the goods for yourself.”

²² But Abram ^(M)said to the king of Sodom, “I ^(N)have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, ^(O)the Possessor of heaven and earth, ²³ that ^(P)I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’— ²⁴ except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”