22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, [a]I have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord the most high God possessor of heaven and earth,

23 [b]That I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a thread or shoe latchet, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich,

24 [c]Save only that, which the young men have eaten, and the parts of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre: let them take their parts.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:22 Or, I have sworn.
  2. Genesis 14:23 Hebrew, If I take from thee a thread, etc. Read 1 Sam. 14:45.
  3. Genesis 14:24 He would not that his liberality should be hurtful to others.

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