Genesis 18:1

And the Lord was revealed to him in the Vale of Mamre; and he sat in the door of the tent while the day was hot.

Targum Onkelos

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 lie lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, three men stood towards him; and he saw, and ran from the door of the tent to meet them, and worshipped upon the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:18And Abram spread (his tent), and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre which is near Hebron, and builded there an altar before the Lord.

Genesis 15:1After these things the word ( pithgama) of the Lord came to Abram in prophecy, saying, Fear not, Abram: My Word ( Memra) shall be thy strength, and thy exceeding great reward.

Genesis 17:22And when He had ended to speak with him, the Glory of the Lord ascended up from Abraham.

Genesis 48:3And Jakob said to Joseph, El Shadai revealed Himself to me in Luz, in the land of Kenaan, and blessed 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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