Genesis 14:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. They took all the goods, etc. - This was a predatory war, such as the Arabs carry on to the present day; they pillage a city, town, or caravan; and then escape with the booty to the wilderness, where it would ever be unsafe, and often impossible, to pursue them.