The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring , I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
Genesis 18:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord appeared to Abraham at the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent during the heat of the day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition NOW THE Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks or terebinths of Mamre; as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day, American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; Common English Bible The LORD appeared to Abraham at the oaks of Mamre while he sat at the entrance of his tent in the day’s heat. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Lord appeared to him, in the steep valley of Mamre, when he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day. |
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring , I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the Lord.
One of the survivors came and told Abram the Hebrew, who lived near the oaks belonging to Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner. They were bound by a treaty with Abram.
After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great.
The men turned from there and went towards Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the Lord.
From there Abraham travelled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
The Lord appeared to him and said, ‘Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I tell you about;
Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron ), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
Jacob said to Joseph, ‘God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, ‘Ask. What should I give you? ’
Moses answered, ‘What if they won’t believe me and will not obey me but say, “The Lord did not appear to you”? ’
‘Brothers and fathers,’ he replied, ‘listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise.
Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it.
When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked, ‘Are you for us or for our enemies? ’