Genesis 14:24 - Exposition

Save — בִּלְעָדַי , compounded of בַּל , not, and עַד , unto—not unto; a particle of deprecation, meaning, "nothing shall come unto me" (cf. Genesis 41:16 )— only that which the young men— נַעַר , a primitive word (cf. Sanscrit, nara, man; nari , nari , woman; Zend; naere ; Greek, ἀνήρ ), applied to a new-born child ( Exodus 2:1-25 :26; 1 Samuel 4:21 ), a youth of about twenty ( Genesis 34:19 ; Genesis 41:15 ), a servant, like παῖς ( Genesis 37:2 ; 2 Kings 5:1-27 :50), a common soldier ( 1 Kings 20:15 , 1 Kings 20:17 , 1 Kings 20:19 ; 2 Kings 19:6 )— have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mature; let them take their portion.

IV. THE SKILFUL TACTICS ; proclaiming the same doctrine as Christ—that his people should be wise as serpents; revealing the necessity for the Church making use Of the most brilliant abilities she can command on all her different fields of action.

V. THE SPLENDID VICTORY ; a foreshadowing of the final triumph which awaits the Church, and of the blessing which, through its instrumentality, will eventually descend upon the world.— W .