Genesis 14:15-17

15 ¹He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of ²Damascus.

16 He ³brought back all the goods, and also brought back ⁴his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people.

God's Promise to Abram

17 Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, ⁵the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, ⁶the King's Valley ).

Genesis 14:15-17 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.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 7:16
• 2. Genesis 15:2
• 3. 1 Sam 30:8, 18, 19
• 4. Genesis 14:12, 14
• 5. Genesis 14:10
• 6. 2 Samuel 18:18

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "himself"
• [b]. Lit "smote"
• [c]. Lit "on the left"
• [d]. Lit "brother"
• [e]. Lit "smiting"