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Genesis 14:19
And he blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth;
And he blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth;
Verse Genesis 14:19. _AND HE BLESSED HIM_] This was a part of the priest's office, to _bless in the name of the Lord, for ever_. See the _form_ of this blessing, Numbers 6:23-4; and for the meaning o...
- Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל _'amrāpel_, Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך _'aryôk_, Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי _'arı̂y_, “a lion:” a name re-appearing in the time of Daniel Daniel 2:14....
CHAPTER 14 THE FIRST RECORDED WAR AND LOT'S DELIVERANCE _ 1. The battle of the confederacy (Genesis 14:1)_ 2. Sodom and Gomorrah spoiled (Genesis 14:11) 3. Abram's rescue (Genesis 14:14) 4. S
GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
ABRAHAM AND MELCHIZEDEK. This section comes in a little awkwardly, for we should have expected Genesis 14:21 to have followed Genesis 14:17. It would be hazardous to infer that it is a later insertion...
_he blessed him_ Melchizedek, as a priest, blessed Abram for his courageous and chivalrous action. A stranger in the land, he had come to the rescue of its people. _of God Most High_ i.e. by God Most...
Abram and Melchizedek SPECIAL NOTE ON MELCHIZEDEK 1. _Its significance_. The episode of Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18-20) is one of the most interesting in the Book of Genesis. Its extreme brevity heig...
DISCOURSE: 22 MELCHIZEDEC BLESSING ABRAM Genesis 14:18. _And Melchizedec king of Salem brought forth tread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed...
GOD, POSSESSOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH— קנה _Coneh,_ signifies _possessor_ by right of _creation;_ from which idea probably the translation of the LXX might be derived, for they have it, the _creator,_ ος...
_4. The Biblical Account (ch. 14)._ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, 2 that they made war with Be...
_AND HE BLESSED HIM, AND SAID, BLESSED BE ABRAM OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, POSSESSOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH:_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
14:19 *God, (d-14) _ El Elyon_ . _ El_ itself means 'The Mighty;' _ Elyon_ is habitually represented by 'Most High.' See Note to Genesis 1:1 also Deuteronomy 32:8 ....
THE BATTLE OF THE KINGS, AND THE CAPTURE AND RESCUE OF LOT Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, had subdued the Canaanites of the Jordan valley some years before the events narrated in this chapter. The latte...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 14 THE FIGHT BETWEEN 4 KINGS AND 5 KINGS V1 At this time there were 4 kings. One was Amraphel and he was the king of Shinar. Another king was Ari...
POSSESSOR. — Literally, _creator,_ or _framer._ It is a poetical word, as are also those for “delivered” and “enemies.” The form of the blessing, moreover, is poetical, as it is arranged in parallel c...
וַֽ יְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ וַ יֹּאמַ֑ר בָּר֤וּךְ אַבְרָם֙...
ABRAM'S RESCUE OF LOT Genesis 14:1 THIS chapter evidently incorporates a contemporary account of the events recorded. So antique a document was it even when it found its place in this book, that the...
ABRAM AND MELCHIZEDEK Genesis 14:13 Recently discovered monuments confirm this narrative of the confederacy of the kings, but do not tell of their overthrow. Abram might fairly have left Lot to reap...
In this chapter we see Lot and Abram in differing circumstances, resulting in the first case from personal choice, and in the second from the choice of God. Lot was involved in trouble through associa...
THE STRONG ONE MOST HIGH Melchizedek was "priest of the most high God," from the Hebrew 'El 'Elyon. This is a name for God used for the first time here. Hugo McCord, in his book Getting Acquainted Wit...
And he (i) blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: (i) Melchizedek fed Abram, declared himself to represent a king, and he blessed him as the hi...
_Blessed him, as his inferior, and received tithes of him, Hebrews iv. 7. This shews the antiquity of the practice of supporting God's priests by tithes._...
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. I beg the Reader, very particularly, in entering upon the perusal of these verses, to...
We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
19._And he blessed him_. Unless these two members of the sentence, ‘He was the priest of God,’ and ‘He blessed,’ cohere together, Moses here relates nothing uncommon. For men mutually bless each other...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. After this (chap. 13) we have, in the conduct of Abram and Lot, the disinterestedness and self-renunciation of true faith on the one hand, and, on...
AND HE BLESSED HIM,.... Melchizedek blessed Abram, which was one part of his office as a priest, to wish and pray for a blessing on others, see Numbers 6:23, c. and herein typified Christ, who really...
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: Ver. 19. _And he blessed him._] Lo, here an instance of the communion of saints: Melchizedek doth...
_Blessed be Abram of the most high God_ Observe the titles he here gives to God, which are very glorious. 1st, _The most high God_, which speaks his absolute perfection in himself, and his sovereign d...
1 The battell of foure Kings against fiue. 11 Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Abram rescueth him. 18 Melchi-zedek blesseth Abram. 20 Abram giueth him tithe. 22 The rest of the spoile, his partners haui...
THIRD SECTION _Abram and his War with the Heathen robber-bands for the rescue of Lot. The victorious Champion of Faith and his greeting to Melchizedec, the prince of peace. His conduct towards the Ki...
THE WORLD'S CONFLICT We read now for the first time in scripture of war among nations of the ungodly world. Abram has no part in this. It is recorded mainly because of Lot. Four kings war against five...
17-20 Melchizedek is spoken of as a king of Salem, supposed to be the place afterwards called Jerusalem, and it is generally thought that he was only a man. The words of the apostle, Hebrews 7:3, sta...
AND, or _therefore, _ (as the particle is oft taken, i.e. because he was a priest of God), HE (i.e. _Melchizedek_) BLESSED HIM,_ (Abram,)_ which was one act of the priestly office. SEE POOLE ON "HEBRE...
We are, here, presented with an historic record of the revolt of five kings from under the hand of Chederlaomer, and a battle consequent thereon. The Spirit of God can occupy himself with the movement...
Genesis 14:19 blessed H1288 (H8762) said H559 (H8799) Blessed H1288 (H8803) Abram H87 God H410 High...
‘And Melchizedek, King of Salem, brought out bread and wine, and he was a priest of El Elyon (God Most High). And he said, “Blessed be Abram of El Elyon, possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be...
Genesis 14:18 Never, perhaps, was any warlike expedition conceived in such simplicity of intention, or carried out with such entire unselfishness, as when Abraham led his trained servants to recover...
Genesis 14:17. _And the King of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale....
Genesis 14:17. _And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale....
CONTENTS: Abram delivers Lot. Abram's refusal to compromise with the King of Sodom. CHARACTERS: King of Sodom, Lot, Abram, Melchizedek. CONCLUSION: Genuine faith never wraps itself in fleece while a...
Genesis 14:1. _Amraphel king of Shinar,_ the plain on which Babylon was built. The Hebrew _melech,_ everywhere translated king, is equivalent, according to the Gothic etymon of the same word, to a fig...
_Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine_ THE NARRATIVE OF MELCHIZEDEK I. CONSIDER THE HISTORICAL FACTS OF THIS NARRATIVE. 1. Melchizedek makes his appearance at the close of the fir...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:1 After separating from Abram and settling in Sodom, Lot is taken captive by an alliance of four kings who invade the Jordan Valley. Abram gathers a small army and recovers...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:17 This passage emphasizes Abram’s reliance on God rather than on military might to gain possession of Canaan. ⇐...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:19 Melchizedek’s blessing praises God for giving Abram victory. When Abram gives Melchizedek A TENTH OF EVERYTHING (that is, a tithe), he shows that he believes what Melchiz...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 14:17. Valley of Shaveh] Shaveh means valley or dale. Nothing is known of its situation.— GENESIS 14:18. MELCHIZEDEK, KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS] The Jews identify him with Shem....
EXPOSITION GENESIS 14:17 AND THE KING OF SODOM—Bera, or his successor (_vide_ Genesis 14:10)—WENT OUT TO MEET HIM (_i.e._ Abram) AFTER HIS RETURN FROM THE SLAUGHTER (perhaps too forcible an expressio...
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar (Genesis 14:1), Now Shinar is Babylon. and Arioch the king of Ellasar [which is Babylonia], and Chedorlaomer the king of Elam [which is...
he blessed. Genesis 27:4 Genesis 27:25 Genesis 47:7 Genesis 47:10 Gen
ABRAM DELIVERS LOT Genesis 14:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us bring before you the opening verses of Genesis fourteen. WE HAVE BEFORE US A STORY OF WAR AND STRIFE. The various kings of cities and nati...
Blessed be Abram, of the most high God — Observe the titles he here gives to God, which are very glorious. The most high God, which speaks his absolute perfections in himself, and his sovereign domini...
Who was Melchizedek? PROBLEM: There is some debate over the nature of Melchizedek. Was he a historical person, a super-normal being, or just a mythical figure? SOLUTION: Based on Hebrews 7, some have...