Genesis 18:1

And the Lorde appeared vnto hym in the playne of Mamre, and he sate in his tent doore in the heate 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 he lift vp his eyes and loked, and loe, three men stoode by hym: And when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed hym selfe towarde the grounde,

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Cross References

Genesis 13:18Then Abram taking downe his tent, came and dwelled in the playne of Mamre, which is in Hebron, & buylded there an aulter vnto the Lorde.

Genesis 15:1After these thynges, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying: feare not Abram I am thy shielde [and] thy exceedyng great rewarde.

Genesis 17:22And he left of talkyng with hym, and departed vp from Abraham.

Genesis 48:3And Iacob sayd vnto Ioseph: God almyghtie appeared vnto me at Luz in the lande of Chanaan, and blessed me, and sayde vnto me:

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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