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Genesis 14:22

AbrahamSodom
IntegrityPraise and worship

20 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.”

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.’

24 I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”

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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.

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BSB
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
KJV
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
WEB
Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
ASV
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
DARBY
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth,
BLB
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to YHWH El-Elyon, Possessor of the heavens and earth,
ÅB
Da sa Abram til kongen i Sodoma: Jeg løfter min hånd til Herren, den høyeste Gud, som eier himmel og jord:
OTB
Men Abram sa til kongen i Sodoma: “Jeg har sverget en ed til Herren, Gud Den Høyeste, Skaperen av himmel og jord,
B1930
Da sa Abram til kongen i Sodoma: Jeg løfter min hånd til Herren, den høieste Gud, som eier himmel og jord:

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  • Daniel 12:7

    And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”

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  • Psalms 83:18

    May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

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  • Revelation 10:5–6

    Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

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  • Daniel 4:34

    But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

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  • Judges 11:35

    As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”

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  • Exodus 6:8

    And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”

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  • Deuteronomy 32:40

    For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,

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  • Psalms 24:1

    The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

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