Gênesis 14:22

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

Gênesis 14:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 14:22

And Abram said to the king of Sodom
In reply to his request:

I have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord;
which was both a gesture of praying and of swearing, and both may be intended here; when he set out on his expedition, it is very probable he prayed to God for success, and swore that if he prospered him, that he would receive no profit or advantage from it to himself; or now in the presence of Melchizedek he lift up his hands and swore that he would take none of the goods he had recovered to his own line; and in this form of praying or swearing, he makes use of the same epithets of God Melchizedek had just used:

the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth:
having his heart struck with those just and glorious representations of God, and awed with a sense of such a glorious Being, and being forward to learn and retain everything that tended to make for the glory of God.

Gênesis 14:22 In-Context

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’.
24 Nada aceitarei, a não ser o que os meus servos comeram e a porção pertencente a Aner, Escol e Manre, os quais me acompanharam. Que eles recebam a sua porção”.
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