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Heart of David Study Bible GENESIS

The king of Sedom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of
Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaweh (that is, the King’s
Valley). Malki-Tsedek [Melchizedek] king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he
was priest of El Elyown [the Mighty, Most High]. He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be
Abram of El Elyown, possessor of heaven and earth: and blessed be El Elyown, who has
delivered your enemies into your hand.”
Abram gave him a tenth of all.
The king of Sedom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and take the goods to
yourself.”
Abram said to the king of Sedom, “I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, El Elyown,
possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything
that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ 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, Eshkol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.”

After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t
be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
Abram said, “Adonai [Lord] Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless,
and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” Abram said, “Behold, to me
you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir,
but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.” Yahweh brought him
outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count
them.” He said to Abram, “So shall your seed be.” He believed in Yahweh; and he
reckoned it to him for righteousness. He said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you out
of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
He said, “Adonai Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a
ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” He brought him all of these, and
divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the
birds. The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great
darkness fell on him. He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your seed will live as
foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four
hundred years. I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will
come out with great wealth, but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in
a good old age. In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the
Amorite is not yet full.” It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,

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