And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
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Gill's Exposition
And he brought back all the goods,.... Taken from Sodom and Gomorrah, Gen 14:11,
and also brought again his brother Lot; his brother's son, Gen 14:12, for whose sake chiefly he engaged in this…
- 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 Dan 2:14. אלסר 'elāsār…
Adam Clarke
And he brought back - the women also - This is brought in by the sacred historian with peculiar interest and tenderness. All who read the account must be in pain for the fate of wives and daughters…
We have here an account of the only military action we ever find Abram engaged in, and this he was prompted to, not by his avarice or ambition, but purely by a principle of charity; it was not to…
Abram's Victory
13. Abram the Hebrew Abram is described, as Lot in the previous verse, as if mentioned for the first time: an indication of the independent origin of the narrative.
The name "Hebrew"…
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