Genesis 18:1

Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

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In The King James Version

And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

In Context

2And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

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Cross References

Genesis 13:18And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

Genesis 15:1After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

Genesis 17:22And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

Genesis 48:3And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

2 Chronicles 1:7In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:1

We have an account in this chapter of another interview between God and Abraham, probably within a few days after the former, as the reward of his cheerful obedience to the law of circumcision. Here is, I. The kind visit which God made him, and the kind entertainment which he gave to that visit, ver. 1-8 . II. The matters discoursed of between them. 1. The purposes of God's love concerning Sarah, ver. 9-15 . 2. The purposes of God's wrath concerning Sodom. (1.) The discovery God made to Abraham of his design to… Read the whole commentary →

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