Study it in the app“One who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they had a covenant with Abram.”
One who had escapedהַפָּלִיטcameוַיָּבֹאand toldוַיַּגֵּדAbramלְאַבְרָםthe Hebrew,הָעִבְרִיwhoוְהוּאwas livingשֹׁכֵןby the oaksבְּאֵלֹנֵיof Mamreמַמְרֵאthe Amorite,הָאֱמֹרִיbrotherאֲחִיof Eshcolאֶשְׁכֹּלand brotherוַאֲחִיof Aner;עָנֵרand theyוְהֵםhad a covenantבַּעֲלֵי בְרִיתwith Abram.אַבְרָם
fugitive, survivor
Fugitive, survivor: someone who escaped from a battle or a disaster.
Where else “palit” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appearsAbram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appearsHebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivri” appearsdwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shochen” appearsoak, terebinth
A great tree, oak or terebinth; it served as a landmark.
Where else “elone” appearsMamre
Mamre, the name of an Amorite ally of Abram and of the place with oaks near Hebron where Abraham lived.
Where else “mamre” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsEshcol
Eshcol, an Amorite ally of Abram, brother of Mamre; also a valley near Hebron.
Where else “eshkol” appearsAner
Aner, an Amorite ally of Abram, brother of Mamre; also a town.
Where else “aner” appearsone having
Literally "lord of": one marked by something, like the "lord of dreams", a dreamer.
Where else “baale” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “verit” appears12They also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, and his possessions, and went away; for he was living in Sodom.
13 · This verse (above)
14When Abram heard that his brother had been taken captive, he called out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
1. What it says
What did Abram do when he heard that his relative Lot had been taken captive (vv. 14-16)?
2. What it means
What does Melchizedek, king of Salem, do, and what does he say when he blesses Abram (vv. 18-20)?
3. How I live it
How can you help a relative or friend in trouble without expecting anything in return, as Abram did (vv. 22-24)?
