Genesis 14:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ not to take a thread or a sandal strap or whatever is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ That I would not take a thread or a shoelace or anything that is yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

Common English Bible

²³ that I wouldn’t take even a thread or a sandal strap from anything that was yours so that you couldn’t say, ‘I’m the one who made Abram rich.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ that from one thread within a blanket, even to a single shoelace, I will not take anything from that which is yours, lest you say, 'I have enriched Abram,'

Genesis 14:23 Cross References

1 Kings 13:8

But the man of Elohim said to the sovereign, “If you were to give me half your house, I do not go in with you, nor do I eat bread nor drink water in this place.

2 Kings 5:16

But he said, “As יהוה  lives, before whom I stand, I do not accept it.” And he pressed on him to accept it, but he refused.

2 Kings 5:20

But Gĕ

John 1:27

the One coming after me, who has become before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loosen.”

2 Corinthians 12:14

See, I am ready to come to you for the third time. And I shall not be a burden to you, for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children should not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your way of life be without the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, “I shall never leave you nor forsake you,”