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Genesis 14:23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 14 · verse 23
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:Genesis 14:23 · King James Version
Genesis 14:23 in context
21And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shoelatchetnaʻalproperly, a sandal tongueH5275 →
- shoelatchetsᵉrôwka thongH8288 →
- threadchûwṭa stringH2339 →
- AbramʼAbrâmAbram, the original name of AbrahamH87 →
- takelâqachto takeH3947 →
- madeʻâsharproperly, to accumulateH6238 →
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We have here an account of what passed between Abram and the king of Sodom, who succeeded him that fell in the battle (Gen 14:10), and thought himself obliged to do this honour to Abram, in return for the good services he had done him. Here is, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-24