persons: Heb.
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Genesis 14:21
Genesis 14:21
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Genesis 14 — OverviewGenesis 14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have four things in the story of this chapter. I. A war with the
king of Sodom and his allies, ver. 1-11. II. The captivity of Lot in
that war, ver. 12. III. Abram's rescue of Lot from that captivity, with…Genesis 14 — OverviewGenesis 14 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 14:1, The battle of four kings against the king of Sodom and his allies; Genesis 14:12, Lot is taken prisoner; Genesis 14:14, Abram rescues him; Genesis 14:17, Melchizedek blesses Abram at his return, who gives…Genesis 14 — OverviewGenesis 14 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of a war that was waged, and a battle fought between four kings on one side, and five on the other, and of the occasion and issue of it, who were the first kings, and this the first battle…Genesis 14:21-24Genesis 14:21-24 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an account of what passed between Abram and the king of
Sodom, who succeeded him that fell in the battle (v. 10), and thought
himself obliged to do this honour to Abram, in return for the good…Genesis 14:21Genesis 14:21 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd the king of Sodom said unto Abram,.... After the conversation between him and Melchizedek was over:give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself; meaning by "persons" or "souls", as in the original, his own…