2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## He divided his men against them at night and struck them ##
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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This probably refers to a battle strategy: "Abram divided the men into several groups, and they attacked their enemies from various directions" (UDB).
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## struck them ##
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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"attacked them"
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## all the possessions ##
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This refers to the things that the enemies had stolen from the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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## and his goods ##
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"and Lot's property that the enemies had stolen from Lot"
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## as well as the women and the other people ##
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"as well as the captured women and other people"
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