創世記14:13-24

14:13 有一個逃出來的人告訴希伯來人亞伯蘭；亞伯蘭正住在亞摩利人幔利的橡樹那裡。幔利和以實各並亞乃都是弟兄，曾與亞伯蘭聯盟。
14:14 亞伯蘭聽見他姪兒【原文是弟兄】被擄去，就率領他家裡生養的精練壯丁三百一十八人，直追到但，
14:15 便在夜間，自己同僕人分隊殺敗敵人，又追到大馬士革北邊的何把，
14:16 將被擄掠的一切財物奪回來，連他姪兒羅得和他的財物，以及婦女、人民也都奪回來。
14:17 亞伯蘭殺敗基大老瑪和與他同盟的王回來的時候，所多瑪王出來，在沙微谷迎接他；沙微谷就是王谷。
14:18 又有撒冷王麥基洗德帶著餅和酒出來迎接；他是至高上帝的祭司。
14:19 他為亞伯蘭祝福，說：「願天地的主、至高的上帝賜福與亞伯蘭！
14:20 至高的上帝把敵人交在你手裡，是應當稱頌的！」亞伯蘭就把所得的拿出十分之一來，給麥基洗德。
14:21 所多瑪王對亞伯蘭說：「你把人口給我，財物你自己拿去吧！」
14:22 亞伯蘭對所多瑪王說：「我已經向天地的主─至高的上帝耶和華起誓：
14:23 凡是你的東西，就是一根線、一根鞋帶，我都不拿，免得你說：『我使亞伯蘭富足！』
14:24 只有僕人所吃的，並與我同行的亞乃、以實各、幔利所應得的分，可以任憑他們拿去。」

 ¹³ A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother^[b] of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. ¹⁴ When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. ¹⁵ During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. ¹⁶ He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.
¹⁷ After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
¹⁸ Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, ¹⁹ and he blessed Abram, saying,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
    Creator of heaven and earth.
²⁰ And praise be to God Most High,
    who delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

²¹ The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.”
²² 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, ²³ that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ ²⁴ I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre. Let them have their share.

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    亞伯拉罕為了救姪兒羅得，和那強壯的四王打起來，結果他打勝了！真的將姪兒救回來，展現了亞伯拉罕英勇的一面，表示他不是弱者！但是這一切都是上帝的幫助，所以要歸榮耀給上帝！

    亞伯拉罕打勝救回羅得之後，出現兩個王：一個是所多瑪王，另一個是撒冷王麥基洗德。這兩個王有不同的作為：撒冷王麥基洗德帶著餅和酒出來迎接；他是至高上帝的祭司。他為亞伯蘭祝福，說：「願天地的主、至高的上帝賜福與亞伯蘭！至高的上帝把敵人交在你手裡，是應當稱頌的！」亞伯蘭就把所得的拿出十分之一來，給麥基洗德。而所多瑪王對亞伯蘭說：「你把人口給我，財物你自己拿去吧！」亞伯蘭對所多瑪王說：「我已經向天地的主─至高的上帝耶和華起誓：凡是你的東西，就是一根線、一根鞋帶，我都不拿，免得你說：『我使亞伯蘭富足！』只有僕人所吃的，並與我同行的亞乃、以實各、幔利所應得的分，可以任憑他們拿去。」

    這兩位王的不同就是一位是屬上帝的，一位是屬於世界的。而屬上帝的王就是基督的預表，更是基督徒在世的樣式，要為人祝福並將榮耀歸給上帝！讓我們的一生也是如此！