CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF. Hebrew _v'yahi bemeyi :_ occurs. times (see App-10); always marks. time of trouble ending in blessing. Compare Ruth 1:1.Isaiah 7:1.Jeremiah 1:3.Esther 1:1; 2 Samuel 21:1 (Compare Genesis 14:14). IN THE DAYS. Dated in the reign of. king of Babylon: the united forces led b... [ Continue Reading ]
ZOAR. Compare Genesis 14:8 with Genesis 19:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
VALE. Afterward, the Salt (or Dead Sea), when Moses wrote. SIDDIM. the Siddim.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWELVE. The No. of Government. See App-10. SERVED. had served, Genesis 14:4 goes back to the events leading up to the present war with Sodom. THIRTEENTH. The first occurance. Hence the number of Rebellion. See App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
REPHAIM. a branch of the _Nephilim._ See App-25. Superhuman beings, so called after one Rapha: as the _Anakim_ after Anak. See Genesis 15:20; Deuteronomy 2:11; Deuteronomy 2:20; Deuteronomy 2:21; Deuteronomy 3:11; Deuteronomy 3:13.Joshua 12:4; Joshua 13:12;... [ Continue Reading ]
HORITES. Deuteronomy 2:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
EN-MISHPAT. the spring of judgment. Not yet Kadesh. the Sanctuary. ALL THE COUNTRY. Hebrew "the whole field", put by _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for country.... [ Continue Reading ]
takes up the present war with Sodom. ZOAR. Compare Genesis 14:2 with Genesis 19:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUR KINGS WITH FIVE. See the No. 9, the number of Judgment. See App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
SLIME PITS. pits of bitumen, still. feature of the shores of the Dead Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO DWELT: emphasis to call attention to Genesis 13:12. See note. Hebrew. _HE_ (Lot), _being. dweller in Sodom._... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREW. So called from _'Eber_ (Genesis 11:14. Compare Genesis 10:21; Genesis 39:14; Genesis 41:12.Numbers 24:24; Numbers 24:24), from _'abar,_ "to pass on". "he who passed over from beyond" (Greek. _hyper),_ i.e. beyond the Euphrates (Joshua 24:2). HE: emph. in contrast with Lot. THESE: emph.. _th... [ Continue Reading ]
TRAINED. initiated or instructed, probably in the worship of Jehovah. Compare Genesis 12:5; Genesis 15:2; Genesis 18:19; Genesis 24:12. and Proverbs 22:6 (same word). 318. a multiple of 6, the No. of "man". See App-10. DAN. Not the Dan of Judges 18:29, but. city in N. of Palestine long before the D... [ Continue Reading ]
HE AND HIS SERVANTS. Note the emphasis on "he".... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ See App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
KING'S DALE. the king of Salem mentioned in next verse. The name still retained in 2 Samuel 18:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Note the parenthetical clause Genesis 14:18, which interrupts in order to interpret. MELCHIZEDEK. King of righteousness, or by Figure of Speech _Enallage_, (App-6), righteous king. In History, Genesis 14. In Prophecy, Psalms 110. In Fulfilment, Hebrews 7. This might be Shem in type, Christ in antit... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Figure of speech _Ellipsis =_ Abram. HIM. Melchizedek.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERSONS. Hebrew. _nephesh, souls._ App-13. Figure of speech _Syne_ cdoche (of the Part).... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFT UP MINE HAND. _I swear._ Compare Exodus 6:8; Psalms 106:26; Isaiah 3:7 margin. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct). See App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL NOT TAKE. The blessing of Melchizedek, and the bread and wine, prepared him for this great renunciation.... [ Continue Reading ]