創世記 14:1-6 JC

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:6

The Horites - A people that dwelt in Mount Seir, till Esau and his sons drove them thence; Deuteronomy 2:22 . El-paran - The plain or oak of Paran, which was a city in the wilderness of Paran; Genesis 21:21 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:1

Verse 1 1.And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel. The history related in this chapter is chiefly worthy of remembrance, for three reasons: first, because Lot, with a gentle reproof, exhorted the men of Sodom to repentance; they had, however, become altogether unteachable, and desperately perverse in their wickedness. But Lot was beaten with these scourges, because, having been allured and deceived by the richness of the soil, he had mixed himself with unholy and wicked men. Secondly,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:1

And it came to pass. After the separation of Abram and Lot, the latter of whom now appears as a citizen of Sodom, and not merely a settler in the Jordan circle; perhaps about the eighty-fourth year of Abram's life (Hughes). The present chapter, "the oldest extant record respecting Abraham" (Ewald), but introduced into the Mosaic narrative by the Jehovistic editor (Knobel, Tuch, Bleek, Davidson), possesses traces of authenticity, of which not the least is the chronological definition with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:1-24

The kingdom of God in its relation to the contending powers of this world. I. GOD 'S JUDGMENTS ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO FALL . War is made by confederate kings or princes against the people of the wicked cities of the plain, who by their propinquity would naturally be leagued together, but by their common rebellion against Chedorlaomer were involved in a common danger. Notice the indication of the future judgment given in the course of the narrative—"the vale of Siddim was full... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:2

That these made war. The LXX . connect the present with the preceding verse by reading "that Arioch," &c.; Ewald interpolates "of Abram," before "that Amraphel." With Bera . "Gift— בֶּש־רַע (Gesenius). King of Sodom . "Burning, conflagration," as being built on bituminous soil, and therefore subject to volcanic eruptions; from סָדַם , conjectured to mean to burn (Gesenius). "Lime place," or "enclosed place;' from סָדָה , to surround (Furst). A mountain with fossil salt... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:3

All these— the last-named princes— were joined together — i.e. as confederates (so. and came with their forces)—in (literally, to ) the vale of Siddim . The salt valley ( LXX .); a wooded vale (Vulgate); a plain filled with rocky hollows (Gesenius), with which Genesis 14:10 agrees; the valley of plains or fields (Onkelos, Raschi, Keil, Murphy). Which is the salt sea. i.e. where the salt sea afterwards arose, on the destruction of the cities of the plain— Genesis 19:24 , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:4

Twelve years —dating from the commencement of his reign (Murphy)— they served —and paid tribute (cf. 2 Kings 18:7 )— Chedorlaomer. If the king of Elam was a Shemite prince, this was m accordance with the Noachic prophecy ( Genesis 9:26 ); but according to the monuments the Elamits dynasty was Turanian. And in the thirteenth year— during the whole of the thirteenth year— they rebelled , or had rebelled. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:5

And in (or during) the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote (because of actual or probable rebellion) the Rephaims . Γίγαντας ( LXX .) , a tribe of gigantic stature (from an Arabic root, to be high), the iron bed of whose last king, Og, measured nine yards in length and four in breadth ( Deuteronomy 3:11 ); forming a portion of the aboriginal inhabitants of Palestine prior to the invasion of the Canaanites, though existing as a remnant... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:6

And the Horites . Literally, dwelling in caves ; from char, a cave. In their mount Seir. Literally, wooded (Gesenius); hairy (Furst); rugged (Lange); probably with reference to the thick brushwood and forests that grew upon its sides. The cave men of Seir were the earlier inhabitants of the region lying between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Elam, afterwards taken possession of by the Edomites ( Deuteronomy 2:12 ; Jeremiah 49:16 ; Obadiah 1:3 , Obadiah 1:4 ). Unto El-paran I ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 14:1-24

- Abram Rescues Lot1. 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. אלסר 'elāsār Ellasar (related: unknown) is identified with Larsa or Larancha, the Λάρισσα Larissa or Λαράχων Larachōn of the Greeks, now Senkereh, a town of lower Babylonia, between Mugheir (Ur) and Warka (Erek) on the left bank of the Frat. כדרלעמר kedārlā‛omer, Kedorla’omer, was compared by Col.... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 14:1-24

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