Genesis 14:21 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 14:21

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

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ASV

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

WEB

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

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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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.

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)

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Names of GodEl Elyon — Melchizedek + Abram.

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Genesis 14:11
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

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): Give me the soul, and take thou the substance; so the Hebrew reads it. Here he fairly begs the persons, but as freely bestows the goods on Abram. Where a right is dubious and divided, it is wisdom to compound the matter by mutual concessions rather than to contend.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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

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 (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

But with honest pride, and a generosity unknown in that part of the world, he replied with strong phraseology common to the East, "I have lifted up mine hand" [that is, I have sworn] unto the Lord that I will not take from a thread even to a sandal-thong, and that that I will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldst say, I have made Abram rich" [Ge 14:22, 23].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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 (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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