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Genesis 14:22 (WEB)
Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

Fathers and councils · 5

Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.5Book IV
“For faith towards God justifies a man; and therefore he said, “I will stretch forth my hand to the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth.”” — editor's note: Gen. xiv. 22.
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John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.23Conference VIII
“How was Abraham taught to abstain from the spoils of the enemy which were offered to him, that he might not receive any recompense for his toil, or to pay to the priest Melchizedec the tithes which are ordered by the law of Moses?” — editor's note: Gen. xiv. 20, 22.
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John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4Conference XXI
“…exclaimed: “I lift up my hand to the Lord Most High, who made heaven and earth, that I will not take from a thread to a shoe’s latchet of all that is thine.”” — editor's note: Gen. xiv. 22, 23.
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 8
“Again, as is said through Solomon the Wise in the Proverbs, “He was created;” and He is named “Beginning of ways” of good news, which lead us to the kingdom of heaven.” — editor's note: The text of Prov. viii. 22 in the LXX. is κύριος ἔκτισέ με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ. The rendering of A.V. is “possessed,” with “formed” in the margin.…
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 13
“II. In their eyes the following is only too ready to hand “The Lord created me at the beginning of His ways with a view to His works.”” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 22. The A.V. has in the place Possessed, and this has very high authority: but the Hebrew word in almost every case signifies to Acquire. It is…
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