Genesis 14:22

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 Isaiah 57:15 Daniel 4:34 Haggai 2:8 possessor. Genesis 14:19 Genesis 21:33

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל 'amrāpel , Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk , Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי 'arı̂y , “a lion:”...
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 reaso...
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.
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...
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 min...
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

I have lift up mine hand ] a form of swearing: cp. Exodus 6:8 . The Lord, the most high God ] Jehovah El Elyon. Note that Abraham prefixes Jehov...
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...
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...
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...
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, w...
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...
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...
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 conce...
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 recor...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abram's Disinterestedness. B. C. 1913. ...
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 .
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 h...
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 t...
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 14:17-18 . 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...
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, acco...
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...
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) aft...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abraham's Return
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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,
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 st...
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...

²² 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,

Related Commentaries of Genesis 14:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 14:22