Chapter 96


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And when the king of Sodom had come unto me, he said unto me, My lord Abraham, give me the persons who are not thine but who are with thee whom thou hast rescued from the hand of Amraphel, son of Nimrod king of Shinar, but let all the property be left with thee.

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But I said unto him, This day do I, Abraham, lift up mine hand before the Most High God, before his holy angels and before these witnesses who are with us and declare that I will not take even so much as a thread or a shoe's latchet which is not mine, lest thou shouldst say that all Abraham's wealth cometh really from thy possessions.

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Only that which the young men who are with me have eaten and that which Aneram, Eshcol and Mamre, these three stalwarts who went with me, have received as their share shall be excepted of all that I took from Amraphel, son of Nimrod king of Shinar that was thine.

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The rest I return freely unto thee.

5

Now go thy way in peace.

6

Thereupon, I returned all the possessions and all the spoil and gave them unto the king of Sodom and I released all the captives and sent them away rejoicing.