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And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from smiting Chedorlaomer and the kings which were with him, to the valley of Shaveh, it being the valley of the king.

And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine; and he was the priest of the most high God.

And he blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of Heaven and earth;

and blessed be the most high God, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tithe of all.

And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons and take the goods for yourself.

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the most high God, the possessor of Heaven and earth,

that I will not take from all that is yours, from a thread to a shoe latchet, and that you may not say, I have made Abram rich.

Nothing for me; 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.