Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people.
We have here an account of the only military action we ever find Abram 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. Never was any military expedition undertaken, prosecuted, and finished, more honourably than this of Abram's. Here we have, I.
Commenting on Genesis 14:13-16
And he brought back all the goods,.... Taken from Sodom and Gomorrah, Gen 14:11, and also brought again his brother Lot; his brother's son, Gen 14:12, for whose sake chiefly he engaged in this enterprise: and his goods; money, cattle, &c.
And he brought back - the women also - This is brought in by the sacred historian with peculiar interest and tenderness. All who read the account must be in pain for the fate of wives and daughters fallen into the hands of a ferocious, licentious, and victorious soldiery.