創世記 14:14-20 JC

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:19

Verse 19 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; that is, they wish well to each other. But here the priest of God is described, who, according to the right of his office, sanctifies one inferior and subject to himself. For he would never have dared to bless Abram, unless he had known, that in this respect he excelled him. In this manner... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:20

Verse 20 20.And he gave him tithes of all. There are those who understand that the tithes were given to Abram; but the Apostle speaks otherwise, in declaring that Levi had paid tithes in the loins of Abram, (Hebrews 7:9,) when Abram offered tithes to a more excellent Priest. And truly what the expositors above-mentioned mean, would be most absurd; because, if Melchizedek was the priest of God, it behaved him to receive tithes rather than to give them. Nor is it to be doubted but Abram offered... 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 14:13-16

The kinsman deliverer, or Abram's military expedition. I. ABRAM 'S ELEVATED PIETY . 1. Self-forgetful magnanimity . Had the patriarch possessed a less noble soul, the tidings of his nephew's capture would almost certainly have kindled in his breast a secret feeling of complacency. But not only in his behavior on the occasion was there the complete absence of any such revengeful disposition as gloats with satisfaction over the punishment of a wrong-doer, there was something... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:13-16

Abram's expedition a sermon for the New Testament Church. I. THE LITTLE ARMY ; emblematic of the handful of Christ's disciples at the first, and of the comparative feebleness of the Church still; yet "God's strength is ever made perfect in weakness," and so "the weakness of God becomes stronger than men." II. THE TRUSTY CONFEDERATES ; regarding the Amorite chieftains as possessors of the true faith, suggestive of the united purpose and action by which the Church of Christ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:14

And when Abram heard that his brother —so called as his brother's son, or simply as his relative ( Genesis 42:8 )— was taken captive, he —literally, and he — armed —literally, caused to pour forth, i.e. drew out in a body, from a toot signifying "to pour out" (Gesenius, Furst); from a root meaning to unsheath or draw out anything as from a scabbard, and hence equivalent to expedivit , he got ready (Onkelos, Saadias, Rosenmüller, Bush, 'Speaker's Commentary'). Kalisch connects... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:15

And he divided himself ( i.e. his forces) against them, he and his servants (along with the troops of his allies), by night, and (falling on them unexpectedly from different quarters) smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah . A place Choba is mentioned in Judith 15:5 as that to which the Assyrians were pursued by the victorious Israelites. A village of the same name existed near Damascus in the time of Eusebius, and is "probably preserved in the village Hoba, mentioned by Troilo,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:16

And he brought back all the goods . Col-harecush. The LXX . translate τὴν ἵππον , as if they read רֶכֶשׁ for רְכֻשׁ . And also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods. Καὶ πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ ( LXX .). And the women also, and the people. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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 expression for mere defeat) of Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him (the entire clause from "after" is parenthetical), at the valley of Shaveh. A valley about two stadia north of Jerusalem (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 8.10), supposed to be the valley of the Upper Kedron, where Absalom's pillar was after.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:17-24

Visited by kings. I. THE KING OF SALEM . 1. His exalted person . Neither a supramundane being, an angel, the Holy Ghost, or Christ; nor one of the early patriarchs, such as Enoch or Shem; but a Canaanitish (Shemite?) prince, whose capital was Salem (Jerusalem), and who united in his person the double function of priest and monarch of his people; probably the last official representative of the primitive religion, who here advances to meet and welcome the new faith in the... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:17-24

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