The LORD appeared to Avram and said, *I will give this land to your seed.* He built an altar there to the LORD, who appeared to him.
Genesis 18:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in 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 Avram and said, *I will give this land to your seed.* He built an altar there to the LORD, who appeared to him.
Avram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Chevron, and built an altar there to the LORD.
One who had escaped came and told Avram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amori, brother of Eshkol, and brother of `Aner; and these were allies of Avram.
After these things the word of the LORD came to Avram in a vision, saying, *Don't be afraid, Avram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.*
The men turned from there, and went toward Sedom, but Avraham stood yet before the LORD.
Avraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
The LORD appeared to him, and said, *Don't go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.
Ya`akov came to Yitzchak his father, to Mamre, to Kiryat-Arba (which is Chevron), where Avraham and Yitzchak lived as foreigners.
Ya`akov said to Yosef, *El Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Kena`an, and blessed me,
In that night did God appear to Shlomo, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.
Moshe answered, *But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.'*
He said, *Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Avraham, when he was in Aram-Naharayim, before he lived in Charan,
By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Yitzchak and Ya`akov, the heirs with him of the same promise.
Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
It happened, when Yehoshua was by Yericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Yehoshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?