17. Now after he returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (this is the King’s Valley).
18. Then Melechizedek , king of Salem, brought out bread and wine—he was a priest of El Elyon.
19. He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by El Elyon, Creator of heaven and earth,
20. and blessed be El Elyon, Who gave over your enemies Into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
21. Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people—the possessions take for yourself.”
22. But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand in oath to Adonai, El Elyon, Creator of heaven and earth.