创世记 14:13-16 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 14:13-16

We have here an account of the only military action we ever find Abram engaged in, and this he was prompted to, not by his avarice or ambition, but purely by a principle of charity; it was not to enrich himself, but to help his friend. Never was any military expedition undertaken, prosecuted, and finished, more honourably than this of Abram?s. Here we have, I. The tidings brought him of his kinsman's distress. Providence so ordered it that he now sojourned not far off, that he might be a very... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:13

And there came one that escaped ,.... Both the sword of the enemy and the slimepits; either one of the inhabitants of Sodom, who had an acquaintance with Lot and a friendship for him, and knew his relation to Abram; or one of Lot's family, that might escape being taken and carried captive: for not Michael the prince, so called, because when the angels fell they would have drawn him with them, but God delivered him, and therefore his name was called פליט , or "one that escaped", as the Jews... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:14

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive ,.... That is, his brother's son Lot, as in Genesis 14:12 ; which was contrary to the law of nations; since Lot was only a sojourner, and not an inhabitant n Sodom, and therefore had no concern in the quarrel between the kings, and this justified Abram's taking up arms on his behalf: he armed his trained servants ; such as were trained up by him in religious exercises, see Genesis 18:19 ; in the affairs and business of civil... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:15

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants by night ,.... Together with his confederates; and very probably their whole three was divided into four parts, under their four leaders; and this might be done in order to attack the four kings and their soldiers, who might be in four separate bodies; or to fall upon their camp in the four quarters of it, and to make a show of a greater army, thereby to intimidate the enemy: Abram seems to have understood the art of war, and the use... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:16

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 this enterprise: and his goods; money, cattle, &c.; and the women also, and the people ; not only that belonged to Lot, but to Sodom and Gomorrah, who had been taken and carried captive; these were all rescued and brought back by Abram, see Genesis 14:21 ; read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:13

Abram the Hebrew - See note on Genesis 10:21 . It is very likely that Abram had this appellation from his coming from beyond the river Euphrates to enter Canaan; for העברי haibri , which we render the Hebrew, comes from עבר abar , to pass over, or come from beyond. It is supposed by many that he got this name from Eber or Heber, son of Salah; see Genesis 11:15 . But why he should get a name from Heber, rather than from his own father, or some other of his progenitors, no person... read more

Adam Clarke

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

He armed his trained servants - These amounted to three hundred and eighteen in number: and how many were in the divisions of Mamre, Eshcol, and Aner, we know not; but they and their men certainly accompanied him in this expedition. See Genesis 14:24 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:15

And he divided himself against them - It required both considerable courage and address in Abram to lead him to attack the victorious armies of these four kings with so small a number of troops, and on this occasion both his skill and his courage are exercised. His affection for Lot appears to have been his chief motive; he cheerfully risks his life for that nephew who had lately chosen the best part of the land, and left his uncle to live as he might, on what he did not think worthy his own... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 wives and daughters fallen into the hands of a ferocious, licentious, and victorious soldiery. Other spoils the routed confederates might have left behind; and yet on their swift asses, camels, and dromedaries, have carried off the female captives. However, Abram had disposed his attack so judiciously, and so... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:13

Verse 13 13.And there came one that had escaped. This is the second part of the chapter, in which Moses shows, that when God had respect to his servant Lot, he gave him Abram as his deliverer, to rescue him from the hands of the enemy. But here various questions arise; as, whether it was lawful for Abram, a private person, to arm his family against kings, and to undertake a public war. I do not, however, doubt, that as he went to the war endued with the power of the Spirit, so also he was... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 14:13-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:13

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:13

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