Discovery BoxGenesis 14:20 
Context14:20 Worthy of praise is 1 the Most High God,
who delivered 2 your enemies into your hand.”
Abram gave Melchizedek 3 a tenth of everything.
Genesis 14:22
Context14:22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand 4 to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow 5
1 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.
2 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.
3 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Melchizedek) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 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.”
5 tn The words “and vow” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.
