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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:
Genesis 14:23 —
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Commentary
Matthew Henry
(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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