20. bless El Elyon,who gave you the victory over your enemies."Abram gave Melchizedek one-tenth of everything.
21. Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and take the property for yourself."
22. But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I promised the Lord, El Elyon, creator of heaven and earth,
23. that I wouldn’t take even a thread or a sandal strap from anything that was yours so that you couldn’t say, ‘I’m the one who made Abram rich.’
24. The only exception is that the young men may keep whatever they have taken to eat, and the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre—may keep their share."