Genesis 14:17-24
After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were
with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh
(that is, the King's Valley). And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out
bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High. He blessed him and said,
"Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
maker of heaven and earth;
and blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered your enemies into your hand!"
And Abram gave him one-tenth of everything. Then the king of Sodom said
to Abram, "Give me the persons, but take the goods for yourself." But
Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have sworn to the LORD, God Most High,
maker of heaven and earth, that I would not take a thread or a
sandal-thong or anything that is yours, so that you might not say, 'I have
made Abram rich.' I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten,
and the share of the men who went with me — Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let
them take their share."
