Genesis 14:1

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; Ver. 1. _In the days of Amraphel,_] i.e., Nimrod, as R. Salomon saith: or Ninus, as others. _ King of nations._] Of a people made up of sundry nations, saith Ly... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:2

Genesis 14:2 [That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. Ver. 2. _That these made war._] War is the slaughter house of mankind, and the hell of this present world. It hews i... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:3

All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. Ver. 3. _The salt sea._] So it was afterwards called. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 19:25 _"_ See Plin., lib. v. cap. 16.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:4

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. Ver. 4. _They rebelled._] Which they ought not to have done, if they had promised fidelity, unless in case of extreme necessity: and then also, at first, to have been on the defensive only. _a_ a Alsted.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:5

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that [were] with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, Ver. 5. _Chedorlaomer._] King of Persia; he was commander in chief; and upon his sword might have been written, a... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:6

And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness. Ver. 6. _And the Horites in their mount Seir._] Their Seir could not secure them, when once they fell into the hands of these _Ardeliones_, Eze 21:31 burning or "brutish men," skilful to destroy.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:7

And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. Ver. 7. _And smote all the country._] Great is the woe of war. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 14:2 _"_ Great also was the goodness of God to Abram, in g... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:8

And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same [is] Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; Ver. 8. _And there went out the king of Sodom, &c._] These five neighbouring kings were... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:9

_With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five._ Ver. 9. _Four kings with five._] These five were but free princes of cities, petty kings, such as we had here of old in this island; which is therefor... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:10

And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. Ver. 10. _And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits._] Chosen therefore on purpose by the five kings, who fled and fell there; or (as some unders... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:11

_And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way._ Ver. 11. _And all their victuals_] "Fulness of bread" Eze 16:49 was a part of their sin; and now "cleanness of teeth" Amo 4:6 is made a piece of their punishment, in God's just judgment. “ _Per quod qu... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:12

And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. Ver. 12. _And they took Lot._] God passeth not by the sins of his dearest saints, without a sensible check. Lot, for his affecting the first choice, had soon enough of it. Strong affections bring strong affli... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:13

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these [were] confederate with Abram. Ver. 13. _And there came one that had escaped._] A Sodomite likely, but a servant to God's good providence... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:14

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained [servants], born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued [them] unto Dan. Ver. 14. _He armed his trained servants._] Or, catechised; such as he had painfully principled both in religion and military disc... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:15

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which [is] on the left hand of Damascus. Ver. 15. _Smote them, and pursued them._] Abram came upon them as they were, - secure, sleepy, and drunken, as Josephus writeth. So did David upo... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:16

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. Ver. 16. _And he brought back all the goods._] The five kings were deprived of the whole victory, because they sparest not a man whom they should have spared. One act of inj... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:17

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that [were] with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king's dale. Ver. 17. The king's dale.] So called here by way of anticipation. 2Sa 18:18... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:18

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God. Ver. 18. _Melehizedek king of Salem._] Who this Melchizedek was is much controverted. Some would have him to be the Holy Ghost. Others, the Lord Christ in the habit of a king and priest. The Je... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:19

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: Ver. 19. _And he blessed him._] Lo, here an instance of the communion of saints: Melchizedek doth all good offices to Abram (a believer, though a stranger), not of courtesy only and humanity, but o... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:20

And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. Ver. 20. _And he gave him tithes of all._] Not of the Sodomites' goods, which he restored wholly, Gen 14:23 but of the other lawful spoil he had taken from the four conquered kings; in... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. Ver. 21. _And the king of Sodom said._] He that a few days since faced the heavens, and cared not for four kings, can now become suppliant to a forlorn foreigner. Affliction will tame and take down the proude... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:22

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, Ver. 22. _I have lifted up my hand._] A swearing gesture. Dan 12:7 Rev 10:5-6 Neither doth he this rashly, but for very good reason first, that by this oath, as by a bu... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:23

That I will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: Ver. 23. _That I will not take from a thread._] Melchizedek, from God, had made Abram heir of all things; for, saith he, I am the priest o... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 14:24

Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. Ver. 24. _Let them take their portion._] In things indifferent, we may abridge ourselves; we may not prescribe to others, as if they must needs be just... [ Continue Reading ]

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