Genèse 14:17

17 Et le roi de Sodome sortit au-devant de lui, après qu'il fut revenu de battre Kedor-Laomer et les rois qui étaient avec lui, dans la vallée de la Plaine, qui est la vallée du Roi.

Genèse 14:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 14:17

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him
While Abram was in pursuit of the four kings, the king of Sodom came down from the mountain whither he and those that escaped with him fled, and came to Sodom: and from hence he went out, not alone, but accompanied with his retinue, to meet Abram: after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings
that [were] with him;
to congratulate him upon the victory he had obtained over them; and this meeting was at the valley of Shaveh;
a most plain and even valley, as the word signifies, clear of trees and everything that obstructs sight or passage, as Jarchi observes, and so a proper place to have an interview in: which [is] the king's dale;
some say King Melchizedek's, but one should rather think it was the king of Sodom's; the Targum of Jonathan calls it the place of the king's exercise, where he had his diversions in riding, walking it can hardly be that in ( 2 Samuel 18:18 ) ; though some are of this opinion, being near to Jerusalem, which they suppose to be the same with Salem in ( Genesis 14:18 ) .

Genèse 14:17 In-Context

15 Puis, ayant partagé ses troupes, il se jeta sur eux de nuit, lui et ses serviteurs; et il les battit, et les poursuivit jusqu'à Hoba, qui est à gauche de Damas.

16 Et il ramena toutes les richesses qu'on avait prises; il ramena aussi Lot son frère, ses biens et les femmes aussi, et le peuple.

17 Et le roi de Sodome sortit au-devant de lui, après qu'il fut revenu de battre Kedor-Laomer et les rois qui étaient avec lui, dans la vallée de la Plaine, qui est la vallée du Roi.

18 Et Melchisédec, roi de Salem, fit apporter du pain et du vin. Or, il était sacrificateur du Dieu Très-Haut.

19 Et il bénit Abram, et dit: Béni soit Abram par le Dieu Très-Haut, fondateur des cieux et de la terre!