Upon translating Genesis 14, I discovered the following:
Verse 13, "...v'heym bah'ley berit Abram."
Verse 13, "...and they were owners/partners of the covenant of Abram."
Perhaps Mamre and his brothers had converted to worshipping the true god!
Compare this interpretation with Genesis 15:16, "...for the sin of the Amorite is not yet complete." Why did God specifically mention the Amorites? Was He using them as a rhetorical representative of the Canaanites, or was there actually something special about the Amorites? In either case, why wasn't the party in question sinful enough yet? Answer: our god is a merciful god, sparing a city if even 10 righteous men live there. And some of the Amorites were righteous.
Q.E.D. (perhaps)
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