Genesis 13:4

He went to the place where the altar was that he had built previously. Here he called on the name of Yahweh.

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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

3He continued on his journey from the Negev to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been before, between Bethel and Ai.

5Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:7Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So there Abram built an altar to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 13:18So Abram picked up his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there built an altar to Yahweh.

Psalms 26:8Yahweh, I love the house where you live, 1 the place where your glory lives! 1

Psalms 65:1For you, God in Zion, our praise waits; 1 our vows will be carried out to you. 1

Psalms 84:10For one day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. 1 I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, 1 than to live within the tents of the wicked. 1

Psalms 107:8Oh that people would praise Yahweh for his covenant faithfulness 1 and for the amazing things he has done for humanity! 1

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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