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The Aramaic Bible, Volume 1B: Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: Genesis is unavailable, but you can change that!

Incorrectly attributed to Jonathan ben Uzziel, this Targum, part of the Palestinian Targums, has been call Pseudo-Jonathan to rectify this mistaken identification. Pseudo-Jonathan provides us with a translation of almost every verse of the Pentateuch. Unique from other Targums of the Pentateuch in many ways, this Targum is also very much a composite work, but one composed with skill and...

The righteous king—that is Shem, the son of Noah—king of Jerusalem, went out to meet Abram, and brought him bread and wine; at that time he was ministering before God Most High.He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram from (before) God Most High, who created the heavens and the earth for the sake of the righteous.And blessed be God Most High, who has made those who hate you like a shield that receives a blow.” And he gave him a tithe of all that he had brought back.
Genesis 14:18–20