And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Béni soit le Dieu Très-Haut, qui a livré tes ennemis entre tes mains! Et Abram lui donna la dîme de tout.
KJV
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Philo Judaeus
De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia
οῦ νικηφόρου θεοῦ τροπαιοφόρον αὐτὸν ἀναδείξαντος, ᾧ καὶ τὰς δεκάτας χαριστήρια τῆς νίκης ἀνατίθησι (Gen. 14,20). καὶ παντὸς μέντοι τοῦ ἐλθόντος „ὑπὸ τὴν ῥάβδον,“ λέγω δὲ τὴν παιδείαν, ἡμέρου καὶ τιθασοῦ θρέμματος τὸ δέκατον ἀποκρίνεται, νόμου προστάξει γινόμενον „ἅγιον” (Lev. 27…
Philo Judaeus
De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia
ῆ καὶ αὐτοδίδακτον λαχὼν ἱερωσύνην ποιεῖται Μελχισεδέκ, "ἔδωκε γὰρ αὐτῷ“ φησίν „δεκάτην ἀπὸ πάντων“ (Gen. 14,20), ἀπὸ τῶν κατ’ αἴθησιν τὸ καλῶς αἰσθάνεσθαι, ἀπὸ τῶν κατὰ λόγον τὸ εὖ λέγειν, ἀπὸ τῶν κατὰ νοῦν τὸ εὖ διανοεῖσθαι. παγκάλως οὖν καὶ ἀναγκαίως ἅμα ἐν εἴδει παραδιηγήματο…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ind of prophetic instinct gave tithes to Melchisedech, the priest of the Most High God, according to Gn. 14:20, and again Jacob made a vow to give tithes [* Gn. 28:20 ], although he appears to have vowed to do so, not by paying them to ministers, but for the purpose of the divine…
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