Genesis 14:21

The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”

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KJV

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

ASV

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

YLT

And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, `Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,'

DBT

And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the property for thyself.

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But the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself." But he replied to him, "I raise my hand to the Lord, God most high, possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread …

Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735patristic

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And the king of Sodom said unto Abram,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Give me the souls, and take thou the substance - So the Hebrew reads it. Here he fairly begs the persons, but as freely bestows the goods on Abram. Gratitude teaches us to recompense to the utmost of our power those that have undergone fatigues, or been at expence for our service.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

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 particular occasions. God as the most high God must have the glory of all our victories.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

Rich countries are a desirable prey, and idle luxurious countries are an easy prey, to growing greatness. The Sodomites were the posterity of Canaan whom Noah had pronounced a servant to Shem, from whom Elam descended; thus soon did that prophecy begin to e fulfilled.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Genesis 14:11
The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
Genesis 12:5
And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

Who & where

PlaceCities of the plainSodomOne of the cities of the plain destroyed by fire — the standing type of judgment (Luke 17:29).

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About this book

The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)