(And C'mon BAC, you know you're supposed to list the translation.)
As usual, I always post from the NASB95 unless otherwise noted.
He was in the beginning PROS God.- John 1:2 NKJV
[NKJV]
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2 He was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
C. WITH ACCUS., PROS expresses motion or direction towards an object: (Liddell Scott)
I do not recognize Liddell Scott as authoritative in anything scripturally. Less than you recognize Revelation at least.
Well that didn't happen.
Melchizedek awarded a tenth part to Abraham of the spoils he recovered that belonged to the King of Sodom.
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[NASB]
Gen 14:8 And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim
Gen 14:9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
Gen 14:10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.
Gen 14:11 Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.
Gen 14:12 They also took Lot, Abram's brother's son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Gen 14:13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.
Gen 14:14 Now
when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Gen 14:15 He divided his forces against them by night, and he and
his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
Gen 14:16 So
he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.
Gen 14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.
Gen 14:18
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High.
Gen 14:19 And he blessed him and said: "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;
Gen 14:20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand."
And he gave him a tithe of all.
I suppose the question here, would be... who gave a tithe to who? But it was Abram who had the spoils of war, not Melchizedek.
Gen 14:21 Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself."
Gen 14:22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth,
Gen 14:23 that
I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich'—
Gen 14:24 except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion."
Also, it seems that Abram did not keep the spoils of war, at least anything from Sodom.
Heb 7:1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God,
who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
Heb 7:2
to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated "king of righteousness," and then also king of Salem, meaning "king of peace,"
I see no contradiction here.