"And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all." — Genesis 14:20

Genesis 14:20 · KJV

“And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”

— Genesis 14:20

Verse 19

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed {be} Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

Verse 21

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. {persons: Heb. souls}

Genesis 14 — Context

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he {was} the priest of the most high God.

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed {be} Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. {persons: Heb. souls}

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,

Cross References

Genesis 28:22

And this stone, which I have set {for} a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

Nehemiah 13:12

Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. {treasuries: or, storehouses}

Hebrews 7:4-9

Now consider how great this man {was}, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

Malachi 3:10

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that {there shall} not {be room} enough {to receive it}. {pour...: Heb. empty out}

Deuteronomy 14:28

At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay {it} up within thy gates:

Deuteronomy 14:23

And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

Genesis 24:27

And he said, Blessed {be} the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I {being} in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Deuteronomy 12:17

Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: