Abraham Blessed in All by the Merit of the Tithe

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 106:1

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"And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things" (Genesis 24:1). Already while he was between the pieces [at the Covenant of the Pieces], He brought him the good tidings that He would give him a son after fifty-two years. At the age of forty-eight he recognized his Creator, and at that very moment He announced the tidings to him. "In all things" - by the merit of the tithe, as it is said, "and he gave him a tithe of all" (Genesis 14:20).

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