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Genesis 13:18

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

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ASV

And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֶּאֱהַ֣לvai.ye.'e.Haland he moved tentH167 →
אַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamAbramH87 →
וַיָּבֹ֛אvai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935 →
וַיֵּ֛שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he dweltH3427 →
בְּאֵלֹנֵ֥יbe.'e.lo.Neiat [the] great trees ofH436 →
מַמְרֵ֖אmam.Re'MamreH4471 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בְּחֶבְר֑וֹןbe.chev.Ron[are] at HebronH2275 →
וַיִּֽבֶן־vai.yi.ven-and he builtH1129 →
שָׁ֥םshamthereH8033 →
מִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achan altarH4196 →
לַֽיהוָֽה׃ פla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →

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Hebrews 11:9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.Genesis 14:13Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.Genesis 35:27Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.Genesis 18:1Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.Genesis 8:20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Genesis 26:25So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.Genesis 12:7–8Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.Genesis 13:4to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.Genesis 37:14Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,Joshua 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.Genesis 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.Joshua 10:36Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.Genesis 23:2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

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