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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, for Lot's rescue. "The Lord knoweth how to deliver his," &c. 2Pe 2:9 He that "led captivity captive," Eph 4:8 can "turn our captivity as the streams in the south". Psa 126:4

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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