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Verse Genesis 14:7. _EN-MISHPAT_] The _well of judgment_; probably so
called from the judgment pronounced by God on Moses and Aaron for
their rebellion at that place; Numbers 20:1.
_AMALEKITES_] So...
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- Abram Rescues Lot
1. אמרפל _'amrāpel_, Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך
_'aryôk_, Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי _'arı̂y_, “a
lion:” a name re-appearing in the time of Daniel Daniel 2:14....
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CHAPTER 14 THE FIRST RECORDED WAR AND LOT'S DELIVERANCE
_ 1. The battle of the confederacy (Genesis 14:1)_
2. Sodom and Gomorrah spoiled (Genesis 14:11)
3. Abram's rescue (Genesis 14:14)
4. S
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GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section
the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong
reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
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The punitive expedition, instead of going straight for the rebel
cities, makes a tour of conquest. It moves down the E. side of Jordan
through Bashan and Moab to Edom and the Gulf of Akabah, then turn...
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_En-mishpat_ i.e. "the Spring of Judgement." A spring of water at
which there would be a sanctuary, whose priest gave oracles and
decided disputes; known in the Israelite history as "Kadesh-barnea,"
o...
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THEY RETURNED, AND CAME— i.e.. The kings mentioned Genesis 14:5
_returned_ from the conquest of the people enumerated in the foregoing
verses, and then came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, a city in t...
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_4. The Biblical Account (ch. 14)._
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 Goiim, 2
that they made war with Be...
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_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 HAZEZON-TAMAR._
They returned, and came to En-mishpat (i:...
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THE BATTLE OF THE KINGS, AND THE CAPTURE AND RESCUE OF LOT
Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, had subdued the Canaanites of the Jordan
valley some years before the events narrated in this chapter. The
latte...
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The 4 kings came for two reasons. They came in order to overcome
several more nations. So they would rule over a larger area. And they
came in order to seize money and goods from the 5 kings. The Hori...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 14
THE FIGHT BETWEEN 4 KINGS AND 5 KINGS
V1 At this time there were 4 kings. One was Amraphel and he was the
king of Shinar. Another king was Ari...
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THEY RETURNED. — More correctly, _they turned,_ as they did not go
back by the same route, but wheeled towards the north-west.
ENMISHPAT. — _The fountain of justice,_ because at this spring the
ancien...
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וַ֠ יָּשֻׁבוּ וַ יָּבֹ֜אוּ אֶל ־עֵ֤ין
מִשְׁפָּט֙...
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ABRAM'S RESCUE OF LOT
Genesis 14:1
THIS chapter evidently incorporates a contemporary account of the
events recorded. So antique a document was it even when it found its
place in this book, that the...
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ABRAM AT HEBRON; LOT TAKEN CAPTIVE
Genesis 13:14; Genesis 14:1
Lot lifted up his eyes for himself, but when the last of Lot's
followers had streamed out of the camp, God bade Abram lift up his
eyes,...
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In this chapter we see Lot and Abram in differing circumstances,
resulting in the first case from personal choice, and in the second
from the choice of God. Lot was involved in trouble through
associa...
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The Bible is full of promises so great they stagger the imagination.
Anyone would like to receive the blessings they contain, if he could
only believe God is able to keep his word. Our purpose in this...
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_Misphat, or of judgment and contradiction, because there the Hebrews
contended with Moses and Aaron: it was afterwards called Cadez,
Numbers xx. 11. --- Amalecites, that is which they afterwards
poss...
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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.
Abram mi...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14.
After this (chap. 13) we have, in the conduct of Abram and Lot, the
disinterestedness and self-renunciation of true faith on the one hand,
and, on...
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AND THEY RETURNED, AND CAME TO ENMISHPAT, WHICH IS KADESH,....
Pursuing their victories as far as Elparan by the wilderness, they had
passed by the country of the Amalekites; wherefore they "returned...
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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._] Grea...
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1 The battell of foure Kings against fiue.
11 Lot is taken prisoner.
14 Abram rescueth him.
18 Melchi-zedek blesseth Abram.
20 Abram giueth him tithe.
22 The rest of the spoile, his partners haui...
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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. It was a campaign of revenge and conquest whic...
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The Rebellion of the Valley Kings...
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THIRD SECTION
_Abram and his War with the Heathen robber-bands for the rescue of
Lot. The victorious Champion of Faith and his greeting to Melchizedec,
the prince of peace. His conduct towards the Ki...
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THE WORLD'S CONFLICT
We read now for the first time in scripture of war among nations of
the ungodly world. Abram has no part in this. It is recorded mainly
because of Lot. Four kings war against five...
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1-12 The wars of nations make great figure in history, but we should
not have had the record of this war if Abram and Lot had not been
concerned. Out of covetousness, Lot had settled in fruitful, but...
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WHICH IS KADESH, i.e. which after that time was called Kadesh, of
which see NUMBERS 20:1,14, &c. THE COUNTRY OF THE AMALEKITES, i.e.
which afterwards was possessed by the Amalekites, GENESIS 36:12. A...
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We are, here, presented with an historic record of the revolt of five
kings from under the hand of Chederlaomer, and a battle consequent
thereon. The Spirit of God can occupy himself with the movement...
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Genesis 14:7 back H7725 (H8799) came H935 (H8799) to H413 Mishpat
H5880 Kadesh H6946) attacked H5221 ...
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CONTENTS: Abram delivers Lot. Abram's refusal to compromise with the
King of Sodom.
CHARACTERS: King of Sodom, Lot, Abram, Melchizedek.
CONCLUSION: Genuine faith never wraps itself in fleece while a...
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Genesis 14:1. _Amraphel king of Shinar,_ the plain on which Babylon
was built. The Hebrew _melech,_ everywhere translated king, is
equivalent, according to the Gothic etymon of the same word, to a
fig...
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_These made war_
THE FIRST WAR ON RECORD
I. AS TO ITS MOTIVES.
1. Ambition.
2. Plunder.
3. The desire to recover lost sovereignty.
II. AS TO THE CONDITIONS OF ITS SUCCESS. From the failure of hu...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:5 Under the leadership of CHEDORLAOMER,
the invading kings defeat several tribal groups. The six locations
reveal that the invaders moved southward along the King’s Highway...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:1 After separating from Abram and
settling in Sodom, Lot is taken captive by an alliance of four kings
who invade the Jordan Valley. Abram gathers a small army and recovers...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 14:1. Arioch.] Probably signifies _lion-like._ The name
re-appears in the time of Daniel, as applied to the captain of the
king’s guard (Daniel 2:14).—CHEDORLAOMER.] “Upon the...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 14:1
AND IT CAME TO PASS. After the separation of Abram and Lot, the latter
of whom now appears as a citizen of Sodom, and not merely a settler in
the Jordan circle; perhaps about...
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And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar
(Genesis 14:1),
Now Shinar is Babylon.
and Arioch the king of Ellasar [which is Babylonia], and Chedorlaomer
the king of Elam [which is...
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Kadesh. Genesis 16:14 Genesis 20:1 Numbers 20:1 Deuteronomy 1:19...