KJV King James Version
And 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,
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Genesis 14:22
And 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,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
WEB World English Bible
Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
ASV American Standard Version
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, ‘I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth—
Surrounding context — Genesis 14
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22 And 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,
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:
24 Save 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאַבְרָ֖םH87 · av.ramAbramאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingסְדֹ֑םH5467 · se.domSodomהֲרִימֹ֨תִיH7311 · rumto exaltיָדִ֤יH3027 · yadhandאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֵ֣לH410 · elGodעֶלְי֔וֹןH5945 · el.yonhighקֹנֵ֖הH7069 · qa.nahto buyשָׁמַ֥יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenוָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Daniel 12:7And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.Revelation 10:5-6And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,Judges 11:35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.Daniel 4:34And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation:Psalm 24:1A Psalm of David. The earth [is] the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.Psalm 83:18That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.Exodus 6:8And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I [am] the LORD.Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.Genesis 21:23-31Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: [but] according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.Haggai 2:8The silver [is] mine, and the gold [is] mine, saith the LORD of hosts.Genesis 14:19-20And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:Genesis 21:33And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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