Genèse 14:19-24

19 Il bénit Abram, et dit: Béni soit Abram par le Dieu Très-Haut, maître du ciel et de la terre!

20 Béni soit le Dieu Très-Haut, qui a livré tes ennemis entre tes mains! Et Abram lui donna la dîme de tout.

21 Le roi de Sodome dit à Abram: Donne-moi les personnes, et prends pour toi les richesses.

22 Abram répondit au roi de Sodome: Je lève la main vers l'Eternel, le Dieu Très-Haut, maître du ciel et de la terre:

23 je ne prendrai rien de tout ce qui est à toi, pas même un fil, ni un cordon de soulier, afin que tu ne dises pas: J'ai enrichi Abram. Rien pour moi!

24 Seulement, ce qu'ont mangé les jeunes gens, et la part des hommes qui ont marché avec moi, Aner, Eschcol et Mamré: eux, ils prendront leur part.

Genèse 14:19-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 14

This chapter gives an account of a war that was waged, and a battle fought between four kings on one side, and five on the other, and of the occasion and issue of it, who were the first kings, and this the first battle the Scriptures speak of, Ge 14:1-11; Lot and his goods being taken and carried off, with those of Sodom, by the conquerors, Abram hearing of it armed his men, and pursued after them, and overtook and overcame them, and rescued Lot and his goods, with others, and returned, Ge 14:12-16; when he was met by the kings of Sodom and Salem, who congratulated him on his victory, Ge 14:17-19; and what passed between him, and those great personages, is related, Ge 14:20-24.