Passage

Genesis 14.18

Book: Genesis · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"16. And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King's Vale)."

"18. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High."

"19. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: 20. and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all." (Genesis 14:16-20, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"16. He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the other people. 17. The king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley)."

"18. Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High."

"19. He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: 20. and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all." (Genesis 14:16-20, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"16. And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale."

"18. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God."

"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." (Genesis 14:16-20, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"16. and he bringeth back the whole of the substance, and also Lot his brother and his substance hath he brought back, and also the women and the people. 17. And the king of Sodom goeth out to meet him (after his turning back from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who [are] with him), unto the valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king's valley."

"18. And Melchizedek king of Salem hath brought out bread and wine, and he [is] priest of God Most High;"

"19. and he blesseth him, and saith, 'Blessed [is] Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth; 20. and blessed [is] God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all." (Genesis 14:16-20, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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