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Melchizedek presenting bread and wine to Abram in a dignified open-air meeting.
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Genesis 14:17-24

Bread and Wine

Rescue and Blessing · Genesis 14

Story guide: Melchizedek blesses Abram with bread and wine, and Abram refuses any reward from Sodom’s king.

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17Then the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, to the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).

18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was a priest of God Most High.

19And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.”

20And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tenth of everything.

21Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and take the possessions for yourself.”

22But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.”

23that I would not take from a thread to a sandal strap, or anything that is yours, lest you say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

24I will take nothing except only what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their share.

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