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,
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And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-24)We have here an account of what passed between Abram and the king of Sodom, who succeeded him that fell in the battle (Gen. 14:10), and thought himself obliged to do this honour to Abram, in return for the good services he had done him. Here is, I. The king of Sodom’s grateful offer to Abram (Gen. 14:21): Give me the soul, and take thou the substance ; so the Hebrew reads it. Here he fairly begs t…
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