Kniha Genezis

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(KJV - Anglický - King James)

Gn 14, 1-24

1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 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 Eschol, 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 Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Verš 18

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

Heb 7:1 - For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

Verš 5

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

Gn 15:20 - And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

Dt 2:10 - The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

Verš 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 Eschol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

Gn 13:18 - Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

Gn 14,5-7 - Trestná výprava šla z Mezopotámie cez Damask, cez Bášan na juh, cez Moabsko, popri vrchoch Seiru, južne od Mŕtveho mora až ku zálivu Elatskému. Potom sa obrátila na sever a tam sa stretla v údolí Sidim s odporom piatich kanaánskych kráľov. Cieľom výpravy nebolo potrestanie piatich nepatrných kniežat, ale utuženie moci v krajoch západne od Jordána.

Gn 14,17-24 - Údolie Save treba hľadať niekde v blízkosti Jeruzalema. Melchizedech – kráľ spravodlivosti (Hebr 7,2) – bol kráľom Salema, čiže Jeruzalema-Urusalima (Ž 76,3; 110,4). Skutočnosť, že kráľ je aj kňazom, neprekvapuje, veď tak to bolo skoro u všetkých starých národov. V Egypte bol faraón najvyšším kňazom, ostatní kňazi ho len zastupovali, podobne to bolo aj u Sumerov, Babyloncov a Asýrčanov, ktorých králi mali tiež titul "kňaza". Melchizedech je však kňazom Boha Najvyššieho, teda Boha, v ktorého verí Abram; a Abram veril v jediného Boha. Melchizedech je záhadnou osobou, kňaz a kráľ, predobraz Mesiáša, ktorý sa v Písme menuje aj "kňazom naveky podľa radu Melchizedechovho" (Hebr 5,6). Melchizedechov kmeň aspoň čiastočne si zachoval vieru v pravého Boha. Tomuto kráľovi a kňazovi, ktorého rodokmeň, počiatok a koniec života Písmo neudáva, sám Abram dáva desiatky z vojnovej koristi a prijíma od neho požehnanie. Abram osobne neobetuje Bohu, hoci prináležalo by sa poďakovať za skvelé víťazstvo. Inokedy videli sme Abrama obetovať (12,7.8; 13,18), teraz túto úlohu prenecháva Melchizedechovi. Toto všetko naznačuje, že Abram Melchizedecha uznával za kňaza Najvyššieho (hebr. Eljon). Melchizedech je jedným z najkrajších predobrazov Mesiáša, ktorý priniesol obetu svojho tela a svojej krvi a nekrvavým spôsobom ju denne prináša pod spôsobom chleba a vína. Chlieb a víno, čo obetoval Melchizedech, sú predobrazom Najsv. Sviatosti oltárnej. O tom, či Melchizedech naozaj obetoval chlieb a víno, nemožno pochybovať (Ž 110,4; Hebr 5 – 7 a sv. Otcovia).