Genesis 14:20
Context| NETBible | 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. |
| XREF | Ge 9:26; Ge 24:27; Ge 28:22; Le 27:30-32; Nu 28:26; De 12:17; De 14:23,28; Jos 10:42; 2Ch 31:5,6,12; Ne 10:37; Ne 13:12; Ps 44:3; Ps 68:19; Ps 72:17-19; Ps 144:1; Am 4:4; Mal 3:8,10; Lu 18:12; Ro 15:16; Eph 1:3; Heb 7:4-9; 1Pe 1:3,4 |
| NET © Notes |
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. |
