Genesis 14:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. ”

Genesis 14:7 - 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 14:7 - 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 14:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

En-mishpat . the spring of judgment. Not yet Kadesh. the Sanctuary. all the country. Hebrew "the whole field", put by Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for country.
Genesis 14:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. En-mishpat - The well of judgment; probabl...
Genesis 14:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They returned, and came— i.e.. The kings mentioned Genesis 14:5 returned from the conquest of the people enumerated in the foregoing verses, and then came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, a city...
Genesis 14:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. They returned, and came to En-mishp...
Genesis 14:7 - 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 14:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They returned. — More correctly, they turned, as they did not go back by the same route, but wheeled towards the north-west. Enmishpat. — The fountain of justice, because at this spring the...
Genesis 14:7 - 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 14:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Abram at Hebron; Lot Taken Captive Genesis 13:14-18 ; Genesis 14:1-12 Lot lifted up his eyes for himself, but when the last of Lot's followers had streamed out of the camp, God bade Abram lift...
Genesis 14:7 - 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 14:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. Abram m...
Genesis 14:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh ,.... Pursuing their victories as far as Elparan by the wilderness, they had passed by the country of the Amalekites; wherefore they "return...
Genesis 14:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. Ver. 7. And smote all the country. ] Gr...
Genesis 14:7 - 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 14:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lot Taken Captive. B. C. 1913. 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shi...
Genesis 14:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which is Kadesh, i.e. which after that time was called Kadesh, of which see Numbers 20:1,14 , &c. The country of the Amalekites, i.e. which afterwards was possessed by the Amalekites, Ge...
Genesis 14:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 14:1 . Arioch.] Probably signifies lion-like. The name re-appears in the time of Daniel, as applied to the captain of the king’s guard ( Daniel 2:14 ).— Chedorlaomer. ]...
Genesis 14:7 - 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 14:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

These made war The first war on record I. AS TO ITS MOTIVES. 1. Ambition. 2. Plunder. 3. The desire to recover lost sovereignty. II. AS TO THE CONDITIONS OF ITS SUCCESS. From the fa...
Genesis 14:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 14:1 And it came to pass. After the separation of Abram and Lot, the latter of whom now appears as a citizen of Sodom, and not merely a settler in the Jordan circle; pe...
Genesis 14:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Rebellion of the Valley Kings
Genesis 14:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Kadesh. Genesis 16:14 Genesis 20:1 Numbers 20:1 Deuteronomy 1:19 Deuteronomy 1:46 Amalekites. Genesis 36:12 Genesis 36:16 Exodus 17:8-16 Numbers 14:43 Numbers 14:45 Numbers 24:20...

Genesis 14:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 14:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 14:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 14:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 14:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 14:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 14:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 14:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 14:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 14:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 14:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 14:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 14:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 14:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 14:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 14:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 14:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 14:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 14:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 14:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 14:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 14:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 14:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge