Holy Scripture
Genesis 14:24
A church father on this verse
“How remarkable it is, then, that Abraham did not wish to touch any of the spoil gained by his victory or to take even what was offered him? The fact is that to receive recompense diminishes the joy of a victory and blunts the gratuitous character of a favor. For it makes a great difference whether one has fought for m…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
24Except what things the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Eshcol, Aner, Mamre, these shall take a portion.
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22And 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,
23that I will not take from all thy goods from a string to a shoe latchet, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich.
— Genesis 14:24 —