Genesis 6:15

6:15 This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 1 

Genesis 14:20

14:20 Worthy of praise is 2  the Most High God,

who delivered 3  your enemies into your hand.”

Abram gave Melchizedek 4  a tenth of everything.

Genesis 14:22

14:22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand 5  to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow 6 

1 tn Heb “300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about 18 inches (45 cm) long.

2 tn Heb “blessed be.” For God to be “blessed” means that is praised. His reputation is enriched in the world as his name is praised.

3 sn Who delivered. The Hebrew verb מִגֵּן (miggen, “delivered”) foreshadows the statement by God to Abram in Gen 15:1, “I am your shield” (מָגֵן, magen). Melchizedek provided a theological interpretation of Abram’s military victory.

4 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Melchizedek) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

5 tn Abram takes an oath, raising his hand as a solemn gesture. The translation understands the perfect tense as having an instantaneous nuance: “Here and now I raise my hand.”

6 tn The words “and vow” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.