Genesis 18:1

And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. And he sat at the tent-door in the heat of the day.

Darby Translation

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 he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, three men standing near him. And when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself to the earth,

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Cross References

Genesis 13:18Then Abram moved [his] tents, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. And he built there an altar to Jehovah.

Genesis 15:1After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.

Genesis 17:22And he left off talking with him; and God went up from Abraham.

Genesis 48:3And Jacob said to Joseph, The Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

2 Chronicles 1:7In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.

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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