There came on that had escaped

“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. 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. 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. And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.”

Even though Lot had been taken captive and everything must have seemed to be disastrous to him, someone escaped and brought the bad news to Abraham. Actually this was good news for Lot because Abraham was in a position to do something about it. God was in control, as He always is. Abraham was a nomadic herdsman living in a region where the tribes were inclined to live by plunder so he had his own small army to protect his stock. These people were ready to do battle at a moments notice. However, how could a small force of three hundred and eighteen men defeat the armies of four kings which had just completed a successful incursion? After the battle the armies of those kings were enjoying the battle spoils and were not prepared for another raid. Abraham’s small army was prepared and caused panic among his enemies and they fought against each other as well as against Abraham’s forces. They also ran away and left most of the spoil behind. This episode is disputed by some modern scholars, who after three and half thousand years say that this could not have happened. This account was written by Abraham’s sons, they were the scribes of an eye witness to these events. In every case an eye witness is preferable to someone citing an unknown source written at an unknown time who lied about his name.

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)