17And the king of Sodom goeth out to meet him (after his turning back from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who [are] with him), unto the valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king`s valley.
18And Melchizedek king of Salem hath brought out bread and wine, and he [is] priest of God Most High;
19and he blesseth him, and saith, `Blessed [is] Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;
20and blessed [is] God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;` and he giveth to him a tenth of all.
21And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, `Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,`
22and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, `I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth --
23from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not, I -- I have made Abram rich;