Genesis 14:20

¹⁸ Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —

¹⁹ and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

²¹ The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”

²² But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
KJV: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
WEB: Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.
ASV: and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.
DARBY: And blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him the tenth of all.
BLB: and blessed be El-Elyon, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave to him a tenth of everything.

ÅB: Og lovet være den høyeste Gud, som har gitt dine fiender i din hånd! Og Abram gav ham tiende av alt.
OTB: Og lovet være Gud Den Høyeste, som har overgitt dine fiender i din hånd.” Så ga Abram ham en tidel av alt.
B1930: Og lovet være den høieste Gud, som har gitt dine fiender i din hånd! Og Abram gav ham tiende av alt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 28:22
And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
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Nehemiah 13:12
and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.
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Hebrews 7:4–9
Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.
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Malachi 3:10
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
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Deuteronomy 14:28
At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.
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Deuteronomy 12:17
Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
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Genesis 24:27
saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
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Numbers 28:26
On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
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