The Strand Study Bible

GENESIS 14:13

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GENESIS 15:4

thy hand. And he gave HIM 8 tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Abram rescues Lot 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the 1 Hebrew; for he dwelt in the 2 plainofMamre theAmorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 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 3 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.

1. Gen 39:14 & 40:15 2. Gen 13:18 3. Heb 7:1 4. or, “Christ” - Heb 7:1-3 & Psa 110:4 5. or, “Jerusalem” - Psa 76:2 & Heb 7:1-2 6. Heb 5:6 7. or, “Abraham” - Heb 7:4 8. Gen 28:22 9. “ Jehovah ” Note - In this case Jehovah is referring to God the Father - Gen 2:4 b .

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Valley of Shaveh

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Hebron

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Sodom and Gomorrah

Abram returns to Hebron, Lot to Sodom Map #15 Genesis 15

Valley of Shaveh

The promise of Isaac’s birth (Note - This event took place when Abram was 84 years old) Date - c. 1908 BC/AM 2092

Hebron

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Abram returns to the valley of Shaveh Map #14 Melchizedek ( CHRIST ) blesses Abram

1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, say- ing, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield , and thy exceeding great reward.

18 And 4 MELCHIZEDEK king of 5 Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the 6 PRIEST of the most high God ( E L ELYON). 19 And 4 HE blessed 7 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 2 And Abram said, Lord 9 GOD (Heb.- AD ON AI- JEHOVAH), what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD 14:18a There are two schools of thought concerning who Melchizedek might have been. Some believe him to be a historical figure