Abraham's Raised Hand Read as Offering, as Oath, and as Song

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 75:2

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Rabbi Judah says: "I have lifted up my hand" (Genesis 14:22) means he made them [his gains] a heave-offering, as you say, "and you shall set apart from it a heave-offering of the LORD" (Numbers 18:26). Rabbi Nehemiah says: he made it an oath, as you say, "and he lifted up his right hand and his left hand to heaven and swore by the One who lives forever" (Daniel 12:7). And the Rabbis say: he made it a song, as you say, "the God of my father, and I will exalt Him" (Exodus 15:2).

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