Verse 23
Genesis 14:23
King James Version
23
That I will not
take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that
is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם מִ/חוּט֙ וְ/עַ֣ד שְׂרֽוֹךְ נַ֔עַל וְ/אִם אֶקַּ֖ח מִ/כָּל אֲשֶׁר לָ֑/ךְ וְ/לֹ֣א תֹאמַ֔ר אֲנִ֖י הֶעֱשַׁ֥רְתִּי אֶת אַבְרָֽם
English Translation
If from a thread and to a sandal strap, and if I take from all that is yours, you shall not say, "I have made Abram rich."
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Chapter 14 Context
1
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer kin...
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2
That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah,...
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3
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
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4
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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5
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that
were with him, and smote the Rephai...
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6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which
is
by the wilderness.
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And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which
is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amaleki...
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8
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king...
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9
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and...
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10
And the vale of Siddim
was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell the...
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11
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
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12
And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
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13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre t...
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14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained
servants, born in his...
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15
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them...
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16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the wo...
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17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and...
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18
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he
was the priest of the most high G...
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19
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed
be Abram of the most high God (Elohim), possessor of heaven an...
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20
And blessed be the most high God (Elohim), which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he...
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21
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
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22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God (Eloh...
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23
That I will not
take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that
is...
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Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner,...
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