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Genesis 14

Gen. 14:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when Abram
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
that his brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
was taken captive
shabah (Hebrew #7617)
to transport into captivity
KJV usage: (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.
Pronounce: shaw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
, he ηarmed
ruwq (Hebrew #7324)
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
KJV usage: X arm, cast out, draw (out), (make) empty, pour forth (out).
Pronounce: rook
Origin: a primitive root
his θtrained
chaniyk (Hebrew #2593)
initiated; i.e. practiced
KJV usage: trained.
Pronounce: kaw-neek'
Origin: from 2596
servants, born
yaliyd (Hebrew #3211)
born
KJV usage: ((home-))born, child, son.
Pronounce: yaw-leed'
Origin: from 3205
in his own house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
, three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
and eighteen
shmoneh (Hebrew #8083)
feminine shmonah {shem-o-naw'}; or shmownah {shem-o-naw'}; apparently from 8082 through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the "perfect" seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
KJV usage: eight((-een, -eenth)), eighth.
Pronounce: shem-o-neh'
Origin: or shmowneh {shem-o-neh'}
`asar (Hebrew #6240)
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Pronounce: aw-sawr'
Origin: for 6235
, and pursued
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
theme unto Dan
Dan (Hebrew #1835)
judge; Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them
KJV usage: Dan.
Pronounce: dawn
Origin: from 1777
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or, led forth.
θ
or, instructed.
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Deut. 34:1• 1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah showed him the whole land, Gilead to Dan, (Deut. 34:1)

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Ministry on This Verse

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his brother.
Gen. 11:27‑31• 27And these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran;
 28and Haran begot Lot. And Haran died before the face of Terah his father in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
 29And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife [was] Sarah; and the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
 30And Sarah was barren; she [had] no child.
 31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot son of Haran, son of his son, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son; and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came as far as Charan, and dwelt there. (Gen. 11:27‑31)
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Gen. 13:8• 8And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren. (Gen. 13:8)
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Prov. 17:17• 17The friend loveth at all times{HR}And is a brother born for adversity. (Prov. 17:17)
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Prov. 24:11‑12• 11Deliver those taken forth to death,{HR}And withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
 12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not,{HR}Will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it?{HR}And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth [it];{HR}And he rendereth to man according to his work. (Prov. 24:11‑12)
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Gal. 6:1‑2• 1Brethren, if a man be even taken in some offence, do ye, the spiritual ones, restore such an one in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.
 2Bear one another's burdens, and so completely fulfil the law of Christ. (Gal. 6:1‑2)
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1 John 2:18• 18Little children, it is [the] last hour, and even as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now many antichrists have come, whence we know that it is [the] last hour. (1 John 2:18)
armed.
or, led forth.
Psa. 45:3‑5• 3Gird thy sword upon the thigh,{HR}Ο mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.
 4And [in] thy majesty prosper, ride,{HR}For the cause of truth and meekness of righteousness;{HR}And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
 5Thine arrows [are] sharpened—{HR}The peoples fall under thee—{HR}In the heart of the king's enemies. (Psa. 45:3‑5)
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Psa. 68:12• 12Kings of hosts flee, they flee,{HR}And the housewife divideth the spoil. (Psa. 68:12)
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Isa. 41:2‑3• 2Who raised up from the east him whom righteousness calleth to its foot? He gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings; he gave [them] as dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.
 3He pursued them, he passed on safely, by a way he had not come with his feet. (Isa. 41:2‑3)
trained.
or, instructed.
born.
Gen. 12:5,16• 5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan, and into the land of Canaan they came.
 16And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she-asses and camels. (Gen. 12:5,16)
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Gen. 15:3• 3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. (Gen. 15:3)
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Gen. 17:12,27• 12And at eight days old shall every male in your generations be circumcised among you—he who is born in the house, and he who is bought with money, any stranger who is not of thy seed.
 27and all the men of his house, born in his house, or bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. (Gen. 17:12,27)
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Gen. 18:19• 19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do justice and judgment; that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. (Gen. 18:19)
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Gen. 23:6• 6Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. (Gen. 23:6)
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Eccl. 2:7• 7I bought men-servants and maidens,{HR}And had servants born in my house;{HR}Also I had great possessions of herds and flocks,{HR}Above all that were before me in Jerusalem. (Eccl. 2:7)
Dan.
Deut. 34:1• 1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah showed him the whole land, Gilead to Dan, (Deut. 34:1)
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Judg. 18:29• 29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; howbeit Laish was the name of the city at the first. (Judg. 18:29)
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Judg. 20:1• 1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah. (Judg. 20:1)
• Genuine faith, while it always renders us independent, never renders us indifferent. (“Genesis 14” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive; and he led out his trained servants, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive; and he led out his trained servants , born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)