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He brought backוַיָּשֶׁבallאֵת כָּלthe possessions,הָרְכֻשׁand alsoוְגַםLotאֶת לוֹטhis brotherאָחִיוand his possessionsוּרְכֻשׁוֹhe brought back,הֵשִׁיבand alsoוְגַםthe womenאֶת הַנָּשִׁיםand the people.וְאֶת הָעָם
Genesis 14:16
Study it in the app“He brought back all the possessions, and also Lot his brother and his possessions he brought back, and also the women and the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 14:16, word by word
- He brought backיָּשֶׁבyashev
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashev” appears- the possessionsרְכֻשׁrechush
possessions
Goods, possessions, property.
Where else “rechush” appears- Lotלוֹטlot
Lot
Lot, nephew of Abram, son of Haran; he settled in Sodom and was saved from its destruction. Father of Moab and Ammon.
Where else “lot” appears- his brotherאָחִיachi
relative
A close relative of the same family, like a nephew.
Where else “achi” appears- the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- and the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
15He 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 Damascus.
16 · This verse (above)
17After he returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the Valley of the King).
To study Genesis 14 in a group
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)?