Bar’chu et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach
l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVH
Eloheinu melech ha-olam asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim,
v’na-tan lanu eht Torah-to.
Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Bless YHVH the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the blessed
One for all eternity. Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe,
you have selected us from among all the peoples, and have given us your Torah.
Blessed are you, YHVH, giver of the Torah. Ameyn.)
Verses 1-12 We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture
Verses 13-16 We
have here an account of the only military action we ever find Avram engaged in,
and this he was prompted to, not by his avarice or ambition, but purely by a
principle of charity; it was not to enrich himself, but to help his friend.
Gen 14:1
And it came to be in the days of Amraphel (One That Darkens
Counsel, or The Commandment Which Went Forth Possibly Nimrod) sovereign of
Shinʽar, (Chaldea/Babylon) Aryoḵ
sovereign of Ellasar, Keḏorlaʽomer -sovereign of Ěylam, (Persia) and Tiḏʽal
sovereign of Goyim,
‘’a confederation of Kings, from the Persian Gulf to
and including (Turkey) who took the trouble to attack the 5 little Cities of
the Plain. An empire as large as Assyria or Babylon or Persia, not ruled by one
country or one King but a confederation, defeated by Abraham and 318 of his
household’’.
Jasher 16:2 - 2. And these four kings went up with all
their camps, about eight hundred thousand men, and they went as they were, and
smote every man they found in their road
The gematria of Avram’s chief servant, Eliezer אליעזר is 318, the
number of initiates that Avraham took with him to battle. (Eliezer means
‘’Elohim will help, similar to ‘’parakletos’’ in Greek) Joh 14:15 “If you love Me, you shall
guard My commands.[a] Footnote: aSee also Joh_14:21
and Joh_14:23, Exo_20:6, 1Jn_5:2-3 and 2Jn_1:6Joh
14:16 “And I shall ask the Father, and He shall give you another Helper,(parakleton) to stay with you forever Joh 14:17
the Spirit of the Truth, whom the world is unable to receive, because it does
not see Him or know Him. But you know Him, for He stays with you and shall be
in you.
Joh
14:18 “I shall not leave you orphans – I am coming to you.
Could this be connected to the prophecy of Ezekiel - Eze 38:15 “And you shall
come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all
of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army.
Eze
38:16 “And you shall come up against My people Yisra’ěl like a cloud, to
cover the land – in the latter days it shall be. And I shall bring you against
My land, in order that the nations know Me, when I am set apart in you, O Goḡ,
before their eyes.”
Gen 14:2 that they
fought against Bera (son of evil)sovereign of Seḏom, Birsha(with iniquity)
sovereign of Amorah, Shinaḇ(father of changing - sovereign of Aḏmah, Shem’ĕḇer sovereign of
Tseḇoyim, and the sovereign of Bela, that is Tsoʽar. –
Gen 14:3 All these
joined together in the Valley of Siddim, that is the Salt Sea.
Gen 14:4 Twelve
years they served Keḏorlaʽomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Gen 14:5 And in
the fourteenth year Keḏorlaʽomer and the sovereigns that were with him came
and smote the Repha’im in Ashteroth Qarnayim, and the Zuzim in Ḥam, and the
Ěmites in Shawĕh Qiryathayim,
Gen 14:6 and the
Ḥorites in their mountain of Sĕʽir, as far as Ěl Paran, which is by the
wilderness.
Gen 14:7 And they
turned back and came to Ěn Mishpat, that is Qaḏĕsh, and smote all the country
of the Amalĕqites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Ḥatsetson Tamar.
Gen 14:8 And the
sovereign of Seḏom, and the sovereign of Amorah, and the sovereign of Aḏmah,
and the sovereign of Tseḇoyim, and the sovereign of Bela, that is Tsoʽar, went
out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim,
Gen 14:9 against
Keḏorlaʽomer sovereign of Ěylam, and Tiḏʽal sovereign of Goyim, and Amraphel
sovereign of Shinʽar, and Aryoḵ sovereign of Ellasar – four sovereigns against
five.
Gen 14:10 And the
Valley of Siddim had many tar pits(or
oil). And the sovereigns of Seḏom and Amorah fled and fell there, and the
remainder fled to the mountains.
Gen 14:11 And they
took all the goods of Seḏom and Amorah, and all their food, and went away.
Gen 14:12 And they
took Lot, Aḇram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Seḏom, and his goods, and left.
Lot moved from the
plains into the city. See Ber 13:12- Please note that if you live near the
immorality of religion you will eventually be captured by it and become like it
if you are not rescued.
Gen 14:13 And one
who had escaped came and informed Aḇram the Heḇrew, for he dwelt by the
terebinth trees of Mamrĕ the Amorite, brother of Eshkol and brother of Anĕr,
and they had a covenant with Aḇram.
Mamre – strength of fatness also bitterness – Gen 18:1
Promise of Yitschak was given at Mamre. Avraham’s wife was buried in a cave –
Machpelah near Mamre – Gen 23:16-19. All the patriachs and their wives (except
Rachel) buried there.
Eschol – cluster as in cluster of grapes – see the story
of the 10 spies carrying a bunch of grapes between two poles that touched the
ground – Num 13:23
Yahshua is the ultimate strength of YHVH who has entered
into a covenant with YHVH on our behalf.
Gen 14:14 And when
Aḇram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants
who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Gen 14:15 And he
and his servants divided against them by night, and smote them and pursued them
as far as Ḥoḇah, which is on the left of Damascus.
Gen 14:16 So he
brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot (Lot was Avraham's
nephew but many times in Hebrew thinking they spoke of a nephew or niece as 'brother'or
'sister' and a grandson as 'son' and a granddaughter as 'daughter') his goods,
as well as the women and the people.
Gen 14:17 And
after his return from the defeat of Keḏorlaʽomer and the sovereigns who were
with him, the sovereign of Seḏom came out to meet him at the Valley of Shawĕh,
that is, the Sovereign’s Valley.
Gen 14:18 And
Malkitseḏeq sovereign of Shalĕm brought
out bread and wine. Now he was the
priest of the Most High Ěl.
Gen 14:19 And he
blessed him and said, “Blessed be Aḇram of the Most High Ěl, Possessor of the
heavens and earth.
Gen 14:20 “And
blessed be the Most High Ěl who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tenth of all.
Jasher 16: 11. And Adonizedek king of Yerushalayim, the
same was Shem, went out with his men to meet Avram and his people, with bread
and wine, and they remained together in the valley of Melech.
The significance about Melchizedek (Shem)was not only the
place of His rule and ministry in Yerushalayim;
but that he operated in two
offices as both priest and king.
He has been recognized as the father of the Semetic race who would carry the
seed of Messiah.
Gen
9:27 “Let Elohim enlarge Yapheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shěm.
And let Kena‛an become his servant.”
Num
24:5 “How good are your tents, O Ya‛aqoḇ, your dwellings, O
Yisra’ěl!
