1921 The souls, i.e. the persons, as the word souls is oft used, as Genesis 14:21, Genesis 17:14 Exodus 12:15 Leviticus 5:1 Numbers 23:10 Deuteronomy 24:7 Mark 3:4, &c. That they had gotten; Heb. made, i.e. either. 1. Begotten; for though Abram had yet no children, Lot had, and both their servants had children by their fellow servants born in their house, which might well be numbered among Abram s and Lot's persons, because they had an absolute dominion over them. Or, 2. Instructed, i.e. turned from idolatry, and taught in the true religion, as the Chaldee expounds it; for such were most proper for Abram to take along with him out of his father's house in this expedition. Or, 3. Gotten, i.e. procured either by conquest or purchase, or any other lawful and usual way.
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Genesis 12:5
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.