Genesis 14:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, ”

Genesis 14:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- 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...
Genesis 14:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 14:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lift up mine hand . I swear. Compare Exodus 6:8 ; Psalms 106:26 ; Isaiah 3:7 margin. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct). See App-6.
Genesis 14:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand, etc (368) This ancient ceremony was very appropriate to give expression to the force and nature of an oath. For by raising...
Genesis 14:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, I have lift up mine hand - The primitive mode of appealing to God, a...
Genesis 14:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I have lift up mine hand, &c.— i.e.. I have sworn: a solemn act of religion usually accustomed with lifting up the hand, as it were, in appeal to God. Accordingly, lifting up the hand and sw...
Genesis 14:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 la...
Genesis 14:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ABRAM'S RESCUE OF LOT Genesis 14:1-24 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,...
Genesis 14:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Abram and Melchizedek Genesis 14:13-24 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...
Genesis 14:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 associ...
Genesis 14:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS How very awful is it to contemplate the bloodshed, ravages, and desolation made by war among the inhabitants of the earth! See Reader, what hath sin done, and what a train of evils origi...
Genesis 14:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abram said to the king of Sodom ,.... In reply to his request: I have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord ; which was both a gesture of praying and of swearing, and both may be intended here; wh...
Genesis 14:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, Ver. 22. I have lifted up my hand. ] A swearing gesture. Dan 12:7...
Genesis 14:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Here observe, 1st, Abram gives to God the same titles that Melchizedek had just now used. It is good to learn of others how to order our speech concerning God, and to imitate those who speak well in...
Genesis 14:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 14:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abram's Disinterestedness. B. C. 1913. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give...
Genesis 14:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This was the ancient manner of swearing. See Exodus 6:8 Numbers 14:30 Deuteronomy 32:40 Ezekiel 20:5,6 .
Genesis 14:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And the King of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the goods for yourself”.' This was not generosity, this is the opening gambit in his negotiations to rescue what he can from the sit...
Genesis 14:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 14:22 . I have lifted up mine hand] This is a Hebraism for “I have sworn.” The custom was to raise the right hand when taking an oath.— Genesis 14:23 . From a thread e...
Genesis 14:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 dal...
Genesis 14:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Genesis 14:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will not take anything that is thine, lest thou shouldst say, I have made Abram rich The believer’s superiority to the world This superiority to the world may be manifested in various ways--a...
Genesis 14:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 for...
Genesis 14:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abraham's Return
Genesis 14:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

lift. Exodus 6:8 Deuteronomy 32:40 Daniel 12:7 Revelation 10:5 Revelation 10:6 unto. Genesis 21:23-31 Judges 11:35 the most. Genesis 14:20 Genesis 17:1 Psalms 24:1 Psalms 83:18...
Genesis 14:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Abram Delivers Lot Genesis 14:8-24 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 citie...
Genesis 14:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I have lift up mine hand to the Lord that I will not take anything — Here Observe, The titles he gives to God, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth — The same that Melchizedek had j...

Genesis 14:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 14:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 14:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 14:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 14:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 14:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 14:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 14:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 14:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 14:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 14:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 14:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 14:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 14:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 14:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 14:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 14:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes