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Verse Genesis 14:20. _AND HE GAVE HIM TITHES_] A tenth part _of all_
the spoils he had taken from the confederate kings. These Abram gave
as a _tribute_ to the _most high God_, who, being _the posses...
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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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ABRAHAM AND MELCHIZEDEK. This section comes in a little awkwardly, for
we should have expected Genesis 14:21 to have followed Genesis 14:17.
It would be hazardous to infer that it is a later insertion...
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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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HE. Figure of speech _Ellipsis =_ Abram.
HIM. Melchizedek....
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Abram and Melchizedek
SPECIAL NOTE ON MELCHIZEDEK
1. _Its significance_. The episode of Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18-20)
is one of the most interesting in the Book of Genesis. Its extreme
brevity heig...
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_blessed be God Most High_ "praised be _El Elyon_." The verb has a
different sense when applied to the Deity from what it has when
applied to man. To "bless God" means devoutly to acknowledge, that He...
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DISCOURSE: 22
MELCHIZEDEC BLESSING ABRAM
Genesis 14:18. _And Melchizedec king of Salem brought forth tread and
wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him,
and said, Blessed...
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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 BLESSED BE THE MOST HIGH GOD, WHICH HATH DELIVERED THINE ENEMIES
INTO THY HAND. AND HE GAVE HIM TITHES OF ALL._
And he gave him tithes of all. Although it does not appear very
clearly in the nar...
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14:20 *God, (d-7) _ El Elyon_ . _ El_ itself means 'The Mighty;' _
Elyon_ is habitually represented by 'Most High.' See Note to Genesis
1:1 also Deuteronomy 32:8 ....
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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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‘He has delivered your enemies to you.’ Melchizedek knew that God
had given success to Abram.
‘Abram gave one thing out of every 10 things.’ Abram had brought
back all the goods. (See verse 16.) It w...
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HE GAVE HIM TITHES. — Abram thus consecrated the war by a
thank-offering to God, Who had given him the victory. But he also, by
paying tithes, acknowledged the priesthood of Melchizedek, and that
the...
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וּ בָרוּךְ֙ אֵ֣ל עֶלְיֹ֔ון אֲשֶׁר
־מִגֵּ֥ן צָ
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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 AND MELCHIZEDEK
Genesis 14:13
Recently discovered monuments confirm this narrative of the
confederacy of the kings, but do not tell of their overthrow. Abram
might fairly have left Lot to reap...
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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 STRONG ONE MOST HIGH
Melchizedek was "priest of the most high God," from the Hebrew 'El
'Elyon. This is a name for God used for the first time here. Hugo
McCord, in his book Getting Acquainted Wit...
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And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
I beg the Reader, very particularly, in entering upon the perusal of
these verses, to...
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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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20._And he gave him tithes of all_. There are those who understand
that the tithes were given to Abram; but the Apostle speaks otherwise,
in declaring that Levi had paid tithes in the loins of Abram,...
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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 BLESSED BE THE MOST HIGH GOD,.... Let his name be praised, and
thanks be given to him for all mercies temporal and spiritual, since
all flow from him, and particularly for the mercies Abram and ot...
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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 res...
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_And blessed be the most high God_ Observe, 1st, In all our prayers we
must praise God, and join _hallelujahs_ with all our hosannas. These
are the spiritual sacrifices we must offer up daily, and upo...
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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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ABRAHAM'S RETURN...
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and blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thine hand. And he gave him tithes of all. So Melchizedek
transmitted to Abram the blessing of God, of the Most Exalted One, o...
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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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17-20 Melchizedek is spoken of as a king of Salem, supposed to be the
place afterwards called Jerusalem, and it is generally thought that he
was only a man. The words of the apostle, Hebrews 7:3, sta...
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Not _Melchizedek_ gave to _Abram, _ as some Jews foolishly understand
it; for Abram swears that he would not keep nor take any of the
recovered goods of the kings of Sodom, or his brethren, GENESIS 14...
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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 14:20 blessed H1288 (H8803) God H410 High H5945 delivered
H4042 (H8765) enemies H6862 hand H3027 gave...
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‘And Melchizedek, King of Salem, brought out bread and wine, and he
was a priest of El Elyon (God Most High). And he said, “Blessed be
Abram of El Elyon, possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be...
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Genesis 14:18
Never, perhaps, was any warlike expedition conceived in such
simplicity of intention, or carried out with such entire
unselfishness, as when Abraham led his trained servants to recover...
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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....
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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....
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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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_Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine_
THE NARRATIVE OF MELCHIZEDEK
I. CONSIDER THE HISTORICAL FACTS OF THIS NARRATIVE.
1. Melchizedek makes his appearance at the close of the fir...
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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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:17 This passage emphasizes Abram’s
reliance on God rather than on military might to gain possession of
Canaan.
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:19 Melchizedek’s blessing praises God
for giving Abram victory. When Abram gives Melchizedek A TENTH OF
EVERYTHING (that is, a tithe), he shows that he believes what
Melchiz...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 14:17. Valley of Shaveh] Shaveh means valley or dale. Nothing
is known of its situation.—
GENESIS 14:18. MELCHIZEDEK, KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS] The Jews identify
him with Shem....
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 14:17
AND THE KING OF SODOM—Bera, or his successor (_vide_ Genesis
14:10)—WENT OUT TO MEET HIM (_i.e._ Abram) AFTER HIS RETURN FROM THE
SLAUGHTER (perhaps too forcible an expressio...
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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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blessed. Genesis 9:26 Genesis 24:27 Psalms 68:19 Psalms 72:17 Psalms
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ABRAM DELIVERS LOT
Genesis 14:8
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Let us bring before you the opening verses of Genesis fourteen.
WE HAVE BEFORE US A STORY OF WAR AND STRIFE. The various kings of
cities and nati...
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And blessed be the most high God — Note, In all our prayers we must
praise God, and join hallelujahs with all our hosannas. These are the
spiritual sacrifices we must offer up daily, and upon particul...
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Who was Melchizedek?
PROBLEM: There is some debate over the nature of Melchizedek. Was he a
historical person, a super-normal being, or just a mythical figure?
SOLUTION: Based on Hebrews 7, some have...