^14:23that I will take nothing⁵⁶ belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, ‘It is I⁵⁷ who made Abram rich.’

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Footnotes

56 The oath formula is elliptical, reading simply: “… if I take.” It is as if Abram says, “[May the Lord deal with me] if I take,” meaning, “I will surely not take.” The positive oath would add the negative adverb and be the reverse: “[God will deal with me] if I do not take,” meaning, “I certainly will.”
57 The Hebrew text adds the independent pronoun (“I”) to the verb form for emphasis.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say, ‘I made Abram rich.’

NLTNew Living Translation

that I will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

that neither a thread nor a thong of a sandal would I take from all that belongs to you, that you might not say, ‘I made Abram rich.’

KJV 1900King James Version

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

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