Genesis 14: 21-24

In Genesis 14: 21-24 he king of Sodom request to Abraham to return his people to him but told him that he could keep all of the goods recovered from the invasion. Actually by the military traditions of that day Abraham had every right to keep the goods even if the king of Sodom has said nothing. However Abraham tells the king of Sodom that he we return both the recovered goods and the people to him with the exception of the portion of the recovered goods that Abraham’s men were due for the part in the rescue. Abraham’s reason for doing this is that he did not want the king of Sodom to be able to claim the he rather than God made Abraham rich. This also prevented any possible claim on the part of the king of Sodom that Abraham owed anything to him for not making an issue about returning the recovered goods