Genesis Chapter 14 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
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BBE Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.
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DARBY Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the property for thyself.
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KJV Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
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WBT Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
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WEB Genesis 14:21

The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."
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YLT Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, `Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - And the king of Sodom (who, though first coming, appears to have retired in favor of the greater personage, Melchisedeck, and to have witnessed the interview between him and Abram, but who now, on its termination, advances - said unto Abram, - perhaps anticipating that like donations from the spoils might be made to him as to Melchisedeck, in which case he evinced a remarkable degree of generosity - Give me the persons - literally, the souls, i.e. those of my people whom you have recovered (cf. Genesis 12:5, in which the term is employed to describe domestic slaves) - and take the goods to thyself (which, Michaelis observes, he was justly entitled to do by right of conquest).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) Grive me the persons.--To this day it is the rule among the Arabs that, if a camp be plundered, anyone who recovers the booty gives up only the persons, and takes the rest for himself. But Abram, with noble generosity, will accept nothing. The "lifting up of the hand" to give solemnity to an oath is mentioned here for the first time.