וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹ֖ם אֶל־אַבְרָ֑ם תֶּן־לִ֣י הַנֶּ֔פֶשׁ וְהָרְכֻ֖שׁ קַֽח־לָֽךְ׃
E o rei de Sedom disse a Avram: "Dá-me as almas, e toma para ti os bens."
Divrei Soferim
And Abraham our father, upon him be the peace, head of our nation, he is the one who began (literally, opened) this matter of not despairing from anything, when Lot was taken prisoner and all had despaired of saving anything, and therefore the king of Sodom said "take the possessions for yourself" [Bereishit 14, 21] because the kings had despaired and our father Abraham acquired [the possessions] afterward by the change of ownership, and Abraham our father girded himself with 318 of those born in his house to chase after the four kings, and in Nedarim (32, end of side a) [it says] that this is the Gematria of Eliezer, and the meaning of the name is stated explicitly in the Torah (Shemot 18, 4) referencing Moshe our Rabbi, upon him be the peace, "for the G-d of my father came to my aid and he saved me etc.", that the sword of Pharoah was already on his throat and G-d blessed be He can help even after despair so there should be no despairing from anything, and this is the secret of the number 318 which is in Gematria the same as the word despair with one added for the Kollel, that is to say that this number [318] is what delivers one from despair and teaches that G-d blessed be He helps with everything that a person thinks to despair of, and it seems to me that this is the meaning of the words of that old lady (Sukka 31, 1) "a woman whose father had three hundred and eighteen slaves etc.", you should study it there, that is to say that she thought perhaps they are of the opinion of Rabbi Shimon (Bava Kama 114a) that outright robbery implies despair of the owners, and in particular the servants of the Exliarch who took by force.......and by Rabbi Nachman and the rabbis with him it was considered a change of ownership and therefore they did not pay attention to her, therefore she said "whose father had etc." that she is from the seed of Abraham that girded himself with 318 of his servants to arouse this matter that there is no despair at all, and why should they not pay attention to her to believe her that she had not despaired at all since she is also from the seed of Abraham our father, trusting in G-d blessed be He as he did, and knows that G-d blessed be He can help her against anything and he should have paid attention to her words and not sit in a stolen Sukkah.