Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”

Then Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine; he was a priest to God Most High.

He blessed him and said:

Abram is blessed by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth,

and I give praise to God Most High
who has handed over your enemies to you.

And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand in an oath to Yahweh, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

The young man did not delay doing this, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most important in all his father’s house.