Genesis 18:1

And God appeared to him by the oak of Mamre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:18And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mamre, which was in Hebron, and he there built an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 15:1And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.

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

Genesis 48:3And Jacob said to Joseph, My God appeared to me in 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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