Genesis 14:16

16 And he recovered all the goods and also brought again his brother Lot and his goods and the women also and the 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 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his tried and experienced servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

15 And he and his slaves poured themselves out against them by night and smote them and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

16 And he recovered all the goods and also brought again his brother Lot and his goods and the women also and the people.

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, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the valley of the king.

18 Then Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God.