14:17 After Abram ¹  returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram ²  in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King’s Valley). ³  14:18 Melchizedek king of Salem ⁴  brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.) ⁵  14:19 He blessed Abram, saying,

“Blessed be Abram by ⁶  the Most High God,

Creator ⁷  of heaven and earth. ⁸ 

14:20 Worthy of praise is ⁹  the Most High God,

who delivered ¹⁰  your enemies into your hand.”

Abram gave Melchizedek ¹¹  a tenth of everything.

14:21 Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.” 14:22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand ¹²  to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow ¹³  14:23 that I will take nothing ¹⁴  belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, ‘It is I ¹⁵  who made Abram rich.’ 14:24 I will take nothing ¹⁶  except compensation for what the young men have eaten. ¹⁷  As for the share of the men who went with me – Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre – let them take their share.”