Genesis 14:16

16 He brought back all of the looted property, together with his relative Lot and Lot's property, wives, and people.

Genesis 14:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 14:16

And he brought back all the goods
Taken from Sodom and Gomorrah, ( Genesis 14:11 ) ; and also brought again his brother Lot;
his brother's son, ( Genesis 14:12 ) , for whose sake chiefly he engaged in this enterprise: and his goods; money, cattle and the women also, and the people;
not only that belonged to Lot, but to Sodom and Gomorrah, who had been taken and carried captive; these were all rescued and brought back by Abram, see ( Genesis 14:21 ) ;

Genesis 14:16 In-Context

14 When Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he took all of the loyal men born in his household, three hundred eighteen, and went after them as far as Dan.

15 During the night, he and his servants divided themselves up against them, attacked, and chased them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

16 He brought back all of the looted property, together with his relative Lot and Lot's property, wives, and people.

17 After Abram returned from his attack on Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom came out to the Shaveh Valley (that is, the King's Valley) to meet him.

18 Now Melchizedek the king of Salem and the priest of El Elyon had brought bread and wine,