Gênesis 14:21

21 Então o rei de Sodoma disse a Abrão: Dá-me a mim as pessoas; e os bens toma-os para ti.

Gênesis 14:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram
After the conversation between him and Melchizedek was over: give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself;
meaning by "persons" or "souls", as in the original, his own subjects that had been taken and carried away by the four kings, and were now brought back by Abram; and by "the goods", those of his own and his subjects, which their conquerors had spoiled them of, but were now recovered, and which he was very willing Abram should have as his right, according to the laws of war, and as a reward of his labours; and very modestly asks for the other, which he did not deny but he might claim as the fruits of his victory: and this also shows, that the king of Sodom, though a Heathen prince, and perhaps a wicked man, yet had more regard to the persons of his subjects than to his own or their goods: the word for "goods" includes all the substance and possession of a man, gold, silver, cattle, and all movables ^F23.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 21. 2.

Gênesis 14:21 In-Context

19 e abençoou a Abrão, dizendo: bendito seja Abrão pelo Deus Altíssimo, o Criador dos céus e da terra!

20 E bendito seja o Deus Altíssimo, que entregou os teus inimigos nas tuas mãos! E Abrão deu-lhe o dízimo de tudo.

21 Então o rei de Sodoma disse a Abrão: Dá-me a mim as pessoas; e os bens toma-os para ti.

22 Abrão, porém, respondeu ao rei de Sodoma: Levanto minha mão ao Senhor, o Deus Altíssimo, o Criador dos céus e da terra,

23 jurando que não tomarei coisa alguma de tudo o que é teu, nem um fio, nem uma correia de sapato, para que não digas: Eu enriqueci a Abrão;