Gênesis 14:10-12 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 14:1-12

We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture, which (though the wars of the nations make the greatest figure in history) we should not have had the history of if Abram and Lot had not been concerned in it. Now, concerning this war, we may observe, I. The parties engaged in it. The invaders were four kings, two of them no less than kings of Shinar and Elam (that is, Chaldea and Persia), yet probably not the sovereign princes of those great kingdoms in their own... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:10

And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits ,.... Or "wells" or "fountains of slime" or bitumen F19 בארת בארת המר "putei, putei bituminis", Vatablus, Piscator, Cartwright, Drusius, Schmidt; so Jarchi. ; a liquid of a pitchy nature, cast out of fountains, and which was used for a cement in buildings; such fountains were near Babylon; see Gill on Genesis 11:3 ; so that this place was naturally prepared for what it was designed to be, a bituminous lake; and hence, when turned... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:11

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah ,.... They entered these cities and pillaged them, and carried off everything valuable in them, that was portable or could be driven, as their cattle, &c.; they did not burn these cities, nor take possession of them, and leave garrisons in them, which shows them to be petty princes that came for plunder, and to get an equivalent for nonpayment of tribute to one of them: and all their victuals, and went away ; all the meat and drink... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:12

And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son ,.... The son of Haran, his elder brother, who was now, as the Jews say F24 Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 77. 1. , fifty years of age: who dwelt in Sodom , or near it, in the country adjacent to it, see Genesis 13:12 ; and so being a neighbour of the men of Sodom, and a sojourner among them, he partakes of their punishment; and this was a just correction of him for choosing to dwell among such a people: and they took his goods, and departed... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:10

Slime-pits - Places where asphaltus or bitumen sprang out of the ground; this substance abounded in that country. Fell there - It either signifies they were defeated on this spot, and many of them slain, or that multitudes of them had perished in the bitumen-pits which abounded there; that the place was full of pits we learn from the Hebrew, which reads here בארת בארת beeroth beeroth , pits, pits, i.e., multitudes of pits. A bad place to maintain a fight on, or to be obliged to run... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:11

They took all the goods, etc. - This was a predatory war, such as the Arabs carry on to the present day; they pillage a city, town, or caravan; and then escape with the booty to the wilderness, where it would ever be unsafe, and often impossible, to pursue them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:12

They took Lot, etc. - The people, being exceedingly wicked, had provoked God to afflict them by means of those marauding kings; and Lot also suffered, being found in company with the workers of iniquity. Every child remembers the fable of the Geese and Cranes; the former, being found feeding where the latter were destroying the grain, were all taken in the same net. Let him that readeth understand. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:10

Verse 10 10.And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled. Some expound that they had fallen into pits: but this is not probable, since they were by no means ignorant of the neighboring places: such an event would rather have happened to foreign enemies. Others say, that they went down into them for the sake of preserving their lives. I, however, understand them to have exchanged one kind of death for another, as is common in the moment of desperation; as if Moses had said, the swords of the enemy... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:12

Verse 12 12.And they took Lot. It is doubtful whether Lot remained at home while others went to the battle, and was there captured by the enemy; or whether he had been compelled to take arms with the rest of the people. As, however, Moses does not mention him till he speaks of the plundering of the city, the conjecture is probable, that at the conclusion of the battle, he was taken at home, unarmed. We here see, first, that sufferings are common to the good and the evil; then, that the more... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 14:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:1-24

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