And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
And he gave him tithes of all. Although it does not appear very clearly in the narrative which of them paid tithes to the other, the apostle has expressly declared that it was Abram who paid tithes to Melchizedek (Hebrews 7:8-9), and in that fact the identity in principle between the patriarchal and the subsequent dispensation is clearly seen. Here is an evidence of Abram's piety, as well as of his valour; because it was to a priest of the most high God that Abraham gave a tenth of the spoil as a token of his gratitude, and in honour of a divine ordinance (Proverbs 3:9).