Genesis 14:20

American Standard Version (1901)

and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבָרוּךְ֙ אֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר־מִגֵּ֥ן צָרֶ֖יךָ בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וַיִּתֶּן־ל֥וֹ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר מִכֹּֽל׃

Transliteration

û-ḇārûḵ ʾēl ʿelyôn ʾăšer-miggēn ṣārêḵā bə-yāḏêḵā way-yitten-lô maʿăśēr mik-kōl

Grammar Details

• *û-ḇārûḵ*: conjunction + passive participle, masculine singular - and blessed be
• *ʾēl*: common noun, masculine singular - God
• *ʿelyôn*: adjective, masculine singular - Most High
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
• *miggēn*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, piel - delivered
• *ṣārêḵā*: common noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your adversaries
• *bə-yāḏêḵā*: preposition + common noun, feminine dual with 2nd masculine singular suffix - into your hands
• *way-yitten*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he gave
• *lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
• *maʿăśēr*: common noun, masculine singular - tenth/tithe
• *mik-kōl*: preposition + common noun - from all

Word Meanings

• *miggēn*: delivered/shielded/protected
• *ṣārêḵā*: your adversaries/enemies/foes
• *maʿăśēr*: tenth/tithe

Referenced Verses

• Gen 28:22 : 22 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
• Luke 18:12 : 12 I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.
• Gen 24:27 : 27 And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master: as for me, Jehovah hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren.
• Mal 3:10 : 10 Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough [to receive it] .
• Gen 9:26 : 26 And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
• Rom 15:16 : 16 that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:
• Heb 7:4-9 : 4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils. 5 And they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest's office have commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham: 6 but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises. 7 But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better. 8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 9 And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;
• 1 Pet 1:3-4 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
• Lev 27:30-32 : 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's: it is holy unto Jehovah. 31 And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof. 32 And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto Jehovah.
• Num 28:26 : 26 Also in the day of the first-fruits, when ye offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah in your [feast of] weeks, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work;
• Deut 12:17 : 17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;
• Deut 14:23 : 23 And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.
• Deut 14:28 : 28 At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
• Josh 10:42 : 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
• 2 Chr 31:5-6 : 5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first-fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 6 And the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated unto Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps.
• 2 Chr 31:12 : 12 And they brought in the oblations and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.
• Neh 10:37 : 37 and that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
• Neh 13:12 : 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
• Ps 44:3 : 3 For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
• Ps 68:19 : 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation. {{Selah
• Ps 72:17-19 : 17 His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy. 18 Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things: 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
• Ps 144:1 : 1 [[ A Psalm] of David]. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, [And] my fingers to fight:
• Amos 4:4 : 4 Come to Beth-el, and transgress; to Gilgal, [and] multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes every three days;
• Mal 3:8 : 8 Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.