Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 14:16
He brought back all the goods which the victorious kings had taken from the princes and people mentioned before in this chapter.
He brought back all the goods which the victorious kings had taken from the princes and people mentioned before in this chapter.
Verse Genesis 14:16. _AND HE BROUGHT BACK - THE WOMEN ALSO_] This is brought in by the sacred historian with peculiar interest and tenderness. All who read the account must be in pain for the fate of...
- 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
ABRAHAM SMITES THE VICTORS AND RESCUES LOT. The fugitive, who is wont in such stories to bring the news, tells Abraham, mentioned here as if for the first time. He musters (Sam., LXX) his trained men,...
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...
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ See App-6....
Abram's Victory 13. _Abram the Hebrew_ Abram is described, as Lot in the previous verse, as if mentioned for the first time: an indication of the independent origin of the narrative. The name "Hebre...
_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 BROUGHT BACK ALL THE GOODS, AND ALSO BROUGHT AGAIN HIS BROTHER LOT, AND HIS GOODS, AND THE WOMEN ALSO, AND THE PEOPLE._ And he brought back all the goods. The Hebrew word is the same here as...
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...
וַ יָּ֕שֶׁב אֵ֖ת כָּל ־הָ רְכֻ֑שׁ וְ
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 Bible is full of promises so great they stagger the imagination. Anyone would like to receive the blessings they contain, if he could only believe God is able to keep his word. Our purpose in this...
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...
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 BROUGHT BACK ALL THE GOODS,.... Taken from Sodom and Gomorrah, Genesis 14:11; AND ALSO BROUGHT AGAIN HIS BROTHER LOT; his brother's son, Genesis 14:12, for whose sake chiefly he engaged in th...
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. Ver. 16. _And he brought back all the goods._] The five kings were depriv...
Gen. 14:15, 16, etc. Abraham in thus conquering the great kings and princes of the earth, and their united hosts, is a type of Christ and of the church. God seems to have granted this great victory to...
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...
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. The whole spoil of the enemy was thus taken from them by Abram's little ar...
ABRAHAM'S MARCH AND VICTORY...
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...
13-16 Abram takes this opportunity to give a real proof of his being truly friendly to Lot. We ought to be ready to succour those in distress, especially relations and friends. And though others may h...
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 14:16 back H7725 (H8686) goods H7399 back H7725 (H8689) brother H251 Lot H3876 goods H7399 women...
‘And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot and his goods, and the women also, and the people. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaug...
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...
_When Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants_ ABRAM AS A WARRIOR I. IN THE CAUSE OF MAN. 1. The sacredness of natural affection. 2. The noble generosity whic...
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 14:13 ABRAM THE HEBREW. This is the first occurrence of the term “Hebrew” in the Bible (see note on 10:21–32). The town of Laish in northern Canaan was later renamed...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 14:13. Abram the Hebrew.] The lxx renders the word by περάτης _one passing over, i.e., the immigrant,_ and some say that Abram is so described as having crossed the Euphrates...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 14:13 AND THERE CAME ONE THAT HAD ESCAPED. Literally, _the fugitive party_, the article denoting the genus, as in "the Canaanite,'' Genesis 12:6. AND TOLD ABRAM THE HEBREW. "The im...
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...
Genesis 14:11 Genesis 14:12 Genesis 12:2 1 Samuel 30:8 1 Samuel 30:1
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...
His brother Lot — That is, his kinsman....