Genesi 14:22

22 Ma Abramo rispose al re di Sodoma: Io ho alzata la mano al Signore Iddio altissimo, possessor del cielo e della terra;

Genesi 14:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 14:22

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 and of swearing, and both may be intended here; when he set out on his expedition, it is very probable he prayed to God for success, and swore that if he prospered him, that he would receive no profit or advantage from it to himself; or now in the presence of Melchizedek he lift up his hands and swore that he would take none of the goods he had recovered to his own line; and in this form of praying or swearing, he makes use of the same epithets of God Melchizedek had just used:

the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth:
having his heart struck with those just and glorious representations of God, and awed with a sense of such a glorious Being, and being forward to learn and retain everything that tended to make for the glory of God.

Genesi 14:22 In-Context

20 E benedetto sia l’altissimo Iddio, che ti ha dati i tuoi nemici nelle mani. Ed Abramo gli diede la decima di ogni cosa.

21 E il re di Sodoma disse ad Abramo: Dammi le persone, e prendi per te la roba.

22 Ma Abramo rispose al re di Sodoma: Io ho alzata la mano al Signore Iddio altissimo, possessor del cielo e della terra;

23 se, di tutto ciò ch’è tuo, io prendo pure un filo, od una correggia di scarpa; che talora tu non dica: Io ho arricchito Abramo;

24 salvo sol quello che questi fanti hanno mangiato, e la parte degli uomini che sono andati meco, cioè: Aner, Escol e Mamre; essi prenderanno la lor parte.