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OET (OET-RV) But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I promise by Yahweh, most high God, the owner of heaven and earth,
OET-LV And_he/it_said Abram to the_king of_Şədom I_raise hand_my to Yahweh god Most_High [the]_creator of_heaven and_earth.
UHB וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אַבְרָ֖ם אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ סְדֹ֑ם הֲרִימֹ֨תִי יָדִ֤י אֶל־יְהוָה֙ אֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן קֹנֵ֖ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmer ʼaⱱrām ʼel-melek şədom hₐrīmotī yādiy ʼel-yahweh ʼēl ˊelyōn qonēh shāmayim vāʼāreʦ.)
Key: yellow:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth,
UST But Abram replied to him, “I raise my hand and swear to Yahweh, who is the greatest God and the One who owns heaven and earth,
BSB § But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
OEB But Abram said to the king of Sodom, ‘I have lifted up my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,
CSB But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand in an oath to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
NLT Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I solemnly swear to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
NIV But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
CEV Abram answered: The LORD God Most High made the heavens and the earth. And I have promised him
ESV But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,
NASB Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
LSB Then Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to Yahweh God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
1ST But Abram said to the king of Sedom, ‘I raise my hand to Yahweh, God On High, Lord of the heavens and the earth:
WEB Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
WMB Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
MSG (22-24)But Abram told the king of Sodom, “I swear to God, The High God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, this solemn oath, that I’ll take nothing from you, not so much as a thread or a shoestring. I’m not going to have you go around saying, ‘I made Abram rich.’ Nothing for me other than what the young men ate and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; they’re to get their share of the plunder.”
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NET But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow
LSV and Abram says to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to YHWH, God Most High, possessing the heavens and earth—
FBV But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand, making a solemn promise to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth,
T4T But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have solemnly promised [MTY] to Yahweh, the Supreme God, the one who created heaven and earth,
LEB And Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,
NRSV But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the LORD, God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,
NKJV 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,
BBE But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
MOF No MOF GEN book available
JPS And Abram said to the king of Sodom: 'I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,
ASV And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
DRA And he answered him: I lift up my hand to the Lord God the most high, the possessor of heaven and earth,
YLT and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, 'I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth —
DBY And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High [fn]God, possessor of heavens and earth,
14.22 El
RV And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
WBS And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted my hand to the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
KJB 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,
BB And Abram aunswered the kyng of Sodome: I haue lyft vp my hande vnto the Lord the hye God, possessour of heauen and earth,
(And Abram answered the king of Sodome: I have lyft up my hand unto the Lord the high God, possessour of heaven and earth,)
GNV And Abram said to the King of Sodom, I haue lift vp mine hand vnto the Lord the most hie God possessor of heauen and earth,
(And Abram said to the King of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord the most high God possessor of heaven and earth, )
CB But Abram sayde vnto the kinge of Sodome: I lift vp my honde vnto the LORDE the most hye God, possessor of heauen and earth,
(But Abram said unto the kinge of Sodome: I lift up my hand unto the LORD the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth,)
WYC And Abram answerde to hym, Y reyse myn hondis to the hiy Lord God,
(And Abram answered to him, I raise mine hands to the high Lord God,)
LUT Aber Abram sprach zu dem Könige von Sodom: Ich hebe meine Hände auf zu dem HErrn, dem höchsten GOtt, der Himmel und Erde besitzt,
(But Abram spoke to to_him kinge from Sodom: I hebe my Hände on to to_him HErrn, to_him höchsten God, the heaven and earth besitzt,)
CLV Qui respondit ei: Levo manum meam ad Dominum Deum excelsum possessorem cæli et terræ,
(Who respondit ei: Levo manum meam to Dominum God excelsum possessorem cæli and terræ, )
BRN And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,
BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ Ἅβραμ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Σοδόμων, ἐκτενῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου πρὸς Κύπιον τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ὕψιστον, ὃς ἔκτισε τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν,
(Eipe de Habram pros ton basilea Sodomōn, ektenō taʸn ⱪeira mou pros Kupion ton Theon ton hupsiston, hos ektise ton ouranon kai taʸn gaʸn, )
14:22 In the words of this oath, Abram may have been clarifying that his God, the Lord (Yahweh), was the God Most High that Melchizedek invoked. Perhaps Melchizedek had never heard the name Yahweh.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אַבְרָ֖ם אֶל מֶ֣לֶךְ סְדֹ֑ם
and=he/it_said Avram to/towards king Şədom
Consider what is the best way in your language to refer to Abram and to the king of Sodom at this point in their conversation. Alternate translation: “But he replied to him,”
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
הֲרִימֹ֨תִי יָדִ֤י אֶל יְהוָה֙
raised hand,my to/towards YHWH
It was the custom that when a person made an oath, he raised his hand as an appeal to God to witness his oath and to hold him accountable and punish him if he were to break his oath. If this would not be clear to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text or in a footnote. Alternate translation: “As a witness to this oath, I call on Yahweh”
Note 3 topic: writing-oathformula
הֲרִימֹ֨תִי יָדִ֤י אֶל יְהוָה֙
raised hand,my to/towards YHWH
The phrase I raise my hand to Yahweh begins an oath formula. Use a natural way in your language to express an oath. Alternate translation: “I pledge before Yahweh”
אֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן
god most_high
See how you translated this phrase in verses 18-20. Alternate translation: “who is the highest God”
קֹנֵ֖ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ
maker heaven and,earth
See how you translated this phrase in verse 19. Alternate translation: “and the Owner of heaven and earth,” or “and the One who created heaven and earth,”