Genesis 14:11

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 14:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Genesis 14:11 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 14

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, etc.] They entered these cities and pillaged them, and carried off everything valuable in them, that was portable or could be driven, as their cattle, etc. they did not burn these cities, nor take possession of them, and leave garrisons in them, which shows them to be petty princes that came for plunder, and to get an equivalent for nonpayment of tribute to one of them: and all their victuals, and went away; all the meat and drink they could light of, with which they refreshed their troops, and then departed.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“- Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל 'amrāpel, Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk, Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי 'arı̂y, “a lion:” a name re-appearing in the time of Daniel Daniel 2:14. אלסר 'elāsār Ellasar (related: unknown) is identified with Larsa or Larancha, the Λάρισσα Larissa or Λαράχων Larachōn of the Greeks, now Senkereh, a town of lower Babylonia, between Mugheir (Ur) and Warka (Erek) on the left bank of the Frat. כדרלעמר kedārlā‛omer, Kedorla’omer, was compared by Col. Rawlinson with Kudur-mapula or mabuk, whose name is found on the bricks of Chaldaea, and whose title is Apda martu, ravager of the west. He translates it “servant of Lagamer,” one of the national divinities…”
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