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Then came forth the king of Sodom to meet him, after his return from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and the kings who were with him, - into the vale of Shaveh the same, was the vale of the king.

flow Melchizedek king of Salem, had brought forth bread and wine, - he, being priest of GOD Most High.

So he blessed him and said, - Blessed be Abram of GOD Most High, possessor of the heavens and earth;

And blessed be GOD Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. So he gave unto him a tenth of all.

Then said the king of Sodom unto Abram, - Give unto me the persons, but the goods, take thou for thyself.

And Abram said unto the king of Sodom, - I have lifted up my hand unto Yahweh GOD Most High, possessor of the heavens and earth:

That not from a thread even unto a sandal-thong, - will I take, anything, that is thine, - Lest thou shouldst say, I, enriched Abram!

Save only what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, they may rake their share.