Genesis 14:24
Verse 24 of 24. The 14th of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.
20And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22And 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,
23That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
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Genesis 14:24 in the World English Bible
I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.”Read Genesis 14:24 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:24
He limits his refusal with a double proviso, v. 24. In making vows, we ought carefully to insert the necessary exceptions, that we may not afterwards say before the angel, It was an error, Eccl. v. 6. Abram here excepts, (1.) The food of his soldiers; they were worthy of their meat while they trod out the corn.
Read Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:21–24: Abram's Disinterestedness. (b. c. 1913.)
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