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Then after his return from the ^(F1)defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, ^(C1)the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, ^(C2)the King's Valley).

And ^(C1)Melchizedek the king of Salem brought out ^(C2)bread and wine; now he was a ^(C3)priest of ^(F1)God Most High.

And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram of ^(F1)God Most High, ^(F2)(C1)Possessor of heaven and earth;

And blessed be ^(F1)God Most High, Who has handed over your enemies to you." And ^(C1)he gave him a tenth of everything.

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Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give the ^(F1)people to me and take the possessions for yourself."

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have ^(F1)sworn to the LORD ^(F2)(C1)God Most High, ^(F3)(C2)Possessor of heaven and earth,

that ^(C1)I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, so that you do not say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

"^(F1)I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, ^(C1)Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share."