Genesis 14:21
19 and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
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,
23 that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
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
- The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”
- KJV
- And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
- WEB
- The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself.”
- ASV
- And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
- DARBY
- And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the property for thyself.
- BLB
- And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give to me the souls, and take the goods for yourself.”
- ÅB
- Og kongen i Sodoma sa til Abram: Gi meg folket, og ta du godset!
- OTB
- Kongen i Sodoma sa til Abram: “Gi meg folket tilbake, og behold eiendelene for deg selv.”
- B1930
- Og kongen i Sodoma sa til Abram: Gi mig folket, og ta du godset!