15: Genesis 14-15
Genesis 14
- Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.”
- This is what the devil does. Offers goods and money for souls.
- But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’— except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”
- Abram does not want King of Sodom to ever even think that he made Abram rich
- Abram still wants to take care of his neighbors and allies who went out with him – to take their due.