Gênesis 14:21

21 O rei de Sodoma disse a Abrão: “Dê-me as pessoas e pode ficar com os bens”.

Gênesis 14:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram
After the conversation between him and Melchizedek was over: give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself;
meaning by "persons" or "souls", as in the original, his own subjects that had been taken and carried away by the four kings, and were now brought back by Abram; and by "the goods", those of his own and his subjects, which their conquerors had spoiled them of, but were now recovered, and which he was very willing Abram should have as his right, according to the laws of war, and as a reward of his labours; and very modestly asks for the other, which he did not deny but he might claim as the fruits of his victory: and this also shows, that the king of Sodom, though a Heathen prince, and perhaps a wicked man, yet had more regard to the persons of his subjects than to his own or their goods: the word for "goods" includes all the substance and possession of a man, gold, silver, cattle, and all movables ^F23.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 21. 2.

Gênesis 14:21 In-Context

19 e abençoou Abrão, dizendo:“Bendito seja Abrão pelo Deus Altíssimo,Criador dos céus e da terra.

20 E bendito seja o Deus Altíssimo,que entregou seus inimigos em suas mãos”.E Abrão lhe deu o dízimo de tudo.

21 O rei de Sodoma disse a Abrão: “Dê-me as pessoas e pode ficar com os bens”.

22 Mas Abrão respondeu ao rei de Sodoma: “De mãos levantadas ao SENHOR, o Deus Altíssimo, Criador dos céus e da terra, juro

23 que não aceitarei nada do que pertence a você, nem mesmo um cordão ou uma correia de sandália, para que você jamais venha a dizer: ‘Eu enriqueci Abrão’.