Genesis 13:18

God Renews the Promise to Abram · Genesis 13:14–18
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Translations

Modern
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
Traditional
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.
Literal
And Abram moved his tent, and he went and dwelt by the Oaks of Mamre which are in Hebron, and he built there an altar to YHWH.
Latin
Movens igitur tabernaculum suum Abram, venit, et habitavit juxta convallem Mambre, quæ est in Hebron: ædificavitque ibi altare Domino.

Interlinear

Hebrew
English
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

Notes

The narrator makes many contrasts between Lot and Abram.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Ishmael Altars Promised Land Symbolic Numbers

Events

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people

Places

Hebron: An important city in Judah; burial place of patriarchs Mamre: A place near Hebron; associated with Abraham

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Hebron (Place) Ishmael Land Mamre (Place) Oak Oaks of Mamre Patriarchs, Period of the Sodom and Gomorrah

Topics

Abraham: Piety of Altar: Built by Abraham Altars of Abraham Mamre: A Plain Near Hebron: Abraham Resides In Tent by Abraham Worship of Abraham