Verse 13
ABRAM’S MILITARY VICTORY, Genesis 14:13-16.
13. One that had escaped Hebrews the fugitive, emphatic as representing a class, or company .
The Hebrew Or the Eberite, a patronymic of Eber, (Genesis 10:21,) the ancestor of Abram . Abram is called the Eberite in distinction from Mamre the Amorite with whom he held friendly alliance . What gave Eber such prominence in connexion with Abram’s descendants we do not know, but the language of Genesis 10:21, assigns him a notable prominence among the sons of Shem. Others derive the name Hebrew from עבר , the region beyond, and understand it of Abram because he was an immigrant from beyond the great river Euphrates . This latter view appears in the Septuagint and Vulgate, and is held by most ancient interpreters .
Confederate with Abram Hebrews lords of a covenant with Abram. They had joined an alliance, and, as appears from Genesis 14:24, they went with Abram to the war.
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