Genesis 3:23

3:23 So the Lord God expelled him ¹  from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 14:20

14:20 Worthy of praise is ²  the Most High God,

who delivered ³  your enemies into your hand.”

Abram gave Melchizedek ⁴  a tenth of everything.

[3:23]  ¹ tn The verb is the Piel preterite of שָׁלַח (shalakh), forming a wordplay with the use of the same verb (in the Qal stem) in v. 22: To prevent the man’s “sending out” his hand, the Lord “sends him out.”

[14:20]  ² tn Heb “blessed be.” For God to be “blessed” means that is praised. His reputation is enriched in the world as his name is praised.

[14:20]  ³ sn Who delivered. The Hebrew verb מִגֵּן (miggen, “delivered”) foreshadows the statement by God to Abram in Gen 15:1, “I am your shield” (מָגֵן, magen). Melchizedek provided a theological interpretation of Abram’s military victory.

[14:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Melchizedek) has been specified in the translation for clarity.