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NASB | Genesis 14:20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." He gave him a tenth of all. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 14:20 And blessed, praised, and glorified be God Most High, Who has given your enemies into your hand." And Abram gave him a tenth of all [the treasure he had taken in battle]. [Heb 7:1-10] |
Subject: Tithing before Mosaic Law |
Bible Note: Dear Azure, Did you notice that Jacob put himself in the position of the one doing the bargaining, after, God had already promised him these things, without, requiring anything from him? This indeed shows the condition of the heart of, Jacob the schemer, doesn't it. It wasn't until much later in life that Jacob began to see the light and understand it was only by the grace of God that he was blest by welth and not by his own crafty bargaining. :-) John |