Genesis 13:4

In the place of the altar which he had made before, and there he called upon the name of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

In Context

3And he returned by the way, that he came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and Hai,

5But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and herds of beasts, and tents.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:7And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 13:18So Abram removing his tent, came, and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.

Psalms 26:8My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.

Psalms 65:1Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resurrection. Shout with joy to God, all the earth,

Psalms 84:10Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land.

Psalms 107:8God hath spoken in his holiness. I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:2-5

Abram's Removal to Canaan. ( b. c. 1918.) 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord . I. Here is Abram's return out of Egypt, v. 1 .… Read the whole commentary →

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