Genesis 14:13 NASB

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

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

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

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

And there came one that had escaped . Literally, the fugitive party , the article denoting the genus, as in "the Canaanite,'' Genesis 12:6 . And told Abram the Hebrew. "The immigrant" trans fluvialis , ὁ περάτης, from beyond the Euphrates, if applied to the patriarch by the inhabitants of Palestine ( LXX ; Aquila, Origen, Vulgate, Keil, Lange, Kalisch); but more probably, if simply inserted by the historian to distinguish Abram from Mature the Amorite, "the descendant of... 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

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 14:13

Genesis 14:13. We have here an account of the only military action we ever find Abram engaged in, and to this he was not prompted by avarice or ambition, but purely by a principle of charity. Considering the impropriety of Lot’s conduct, he might have found a very plausible pretence for declining to expose himself and his servants to the danger which it was reasonable to suppose would attend the enterprise; but his love to his relation, who, notwithstanding his late error, was, upon the... read more

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

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 14:13-16

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 14:13

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