Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron,—and built there an altar to Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Genesis 8:20And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh,—and took of all the clean beasts and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending Sacrifices to go up on the altar.
Genesis 13:4unto the place of the altar, which he made there at first,—and Abram called there, on the name of Yahweh.
Genesis 18:1And Yahweh appeared unto him among the oaks of Mamre,—as, he, was sitting at the opening of the tent in the heat of the day.
Genesis 35:27Then came Jacob unto Isaac his father, to Mamre, the city of Arba,—the same, is Hebron, where had sojourned Abraham and Isaac.
Numbers 13:22Yea they went up in the South and entered as far as Hebron, and there, were Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built seven years, before Zoan of Egypt.
Joshua 15:13And, to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, gave he a portion, in the midst of the sons of Judah, at the bidding of Yahweh, by Joshua,—even the City of Arba, father of Anak, the same, is Hebron.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:15-18
God Confirms His Promise to Abram. ( b. c. 1917.) 14 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of… Read the whole commentary →