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Gen_14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
Ver. 21. And the king of Sodom said.] He that a few days since faced the heavens, and cared not for four kings, can now become suppliant to a forlorn foreigner. Affliction will tame and take down the proudest spirits; they buckle in adversity that bore their heads on high in prosperity. "In their month you may find these wild asses." {Jer_2:24}
Give me the persons.] Abram did so, and yet they were no whit amended by their late captivity, or former servitude; from both which now they are freed by Abram, but still held captive by the devil, who owes them yet a further spite, as we shall see, Gen_19:1-38.