Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
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Genesis 11:27Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
Genesis 12:16He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, and oxen and donkeys, and male and female slaves, and female donkeys, and camels.
Genesis 15:3to me you have given no offspring, and, so a slave born in my house is my heir.’
Genesis 17:27All the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from foreigners, were circumcised with him.
Genesis 23:6‘Hear us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the best of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, so that you may bury your dead.’
Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:14-17
Lot Taken Captive, and Rescued. ( b. c. 1913.) 13 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. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto… Read the whole commentary →