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rAV hIRSCH EXPLAINS WHY HE TOOK MONEY (VALUBLES) FROM pARAOH BUT NOT mELECH sEDOM.
Avraham had a policy to not accept gifts (whatever the reason was) , that was his chumra. But he cannot be machmir at the expense of others. He owed the hoteliers so he took from Paraoh to repay those creditors. Yet later, while wealthy himself, he had no reason to take a gift from Sedom- with all that it meant