Genesis 14:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom,“I raise my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow

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  • Exod 6:8 : 8 I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob– and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.’”
  • Dan 12:7 : 7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky and made an oath by the one who lives forever:“It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”
  • Deut 32:40 : 40 For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say,‘As surely as I live forever,
  • Rev 10:5-6 : 5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven 6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it,“There will be no more delay!
  • Ps 24:1 : 1 A psalm of David. The LORD owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.
  • Ps 83:18 : 18 Then they will know that you alone are the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
  • Dan 4:34 : 34 But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.
  • Gen 14:19-20 : 19 He blessed Abram, saying,“Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth. 20 Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
  • Gen 21:23-31 : 23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.” 24 Abraham said,“I swear to do this.” 25 But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized. 26 “I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied.“Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.” 27 Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty. 28 Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves. 29 Abimelech asked Abraham,“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?” 30 He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.” 31 That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
  • Gen 21:33 : 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the LORD, the eternal God.
  • Judg 11:35 : 35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said,“Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the LORD, and I cannot break it.”
  • Hag 2:8 : 8 “The silver and gold will be mine,” decrees the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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    17After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram in the Valley of Shaveh(known as the King’s Valley).

    18Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine.(Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)

    19He blessed Abram, saying,“Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

    20Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

    21Then the king of Sodom said to Abram,“Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

  • Gen 14:23-24
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    23that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say,‘It is I who made Abram rich.’

    24I will take nothing except compensation for what the young men have eaten. As for the share of the men who went with me– Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre– let them take their share.”

  • Gen 22:16
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    16and said,“‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the LORD,‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

  • Gen 21:23-24
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    23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”

    24Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”

  • Gen 15:1-2
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    1The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”

    2But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?”

  • Gen 13:14-15
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    14After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram,“Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.

    15I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.

  • Gen 18:27
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    27Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),

  • Gen 12:7
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    7The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

  • Gen 24:2-3
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    2Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had,“Put your hand under my thigh

    3so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

  • Deut 32:40
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    40For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say,‘As surely as I live forever,

  • Gen 22:11-12
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    11But the LORD’s angel called to him from heaven,“Abraham! Abraham!”“Here I am!” he answered.

    12“Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”

  • Gen 13:17-18
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    17Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

    18So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.

  • Gen 23:12
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    12Abraham bowed before the local people

  • Gen 24:9
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    9So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes.

  • Gen 24:34
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    34“I am the servant of Abraham,” he began.

  • Gen 17:2-3
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    2Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”

    3Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,

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    13and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

  • Gen 13:4
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    4This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the LORD.

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    1The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

  • Heb 7:1
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    1The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him.

  • Gen 13:9
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    9Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go to the left, then I’ll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”

  • Gen 15:7
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    7The LORD said to him,“I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

  • Gen 18:22
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    22The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

  • Gen 23:7
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    7Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.