24Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
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Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-24)We have here an account of what passed between Abram and the king of Sodom, who succeeded him that fell in the battle (Gen. 14:10), and thought himself obliged to do this honour to Abram, in return for the good services he had done him. Here is, I. The king of Sodom’s grateful offer to Abram (Gen. 14:21): Give me the soul, and take thou the substance ; so the Hebrew reads it. Here he fairly begs t…
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