Mamre

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• 1. A plain near Hebron .Abraham resides inGenesis 13:18Genesis 14:13
• Entertains three angels, and is promised a sonGenesis 18:1–15
• Isaac lives inGenesis 35:27
• 2. An Amorite and confederate of AbrahamGenesis 14:13Genesis 14:24

The passages, in Bible order (5)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 5 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 13:18

   So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 13:182 voices

   “Moving therefore Abram his tent, he came and dwelt by the valley of Mamre, which is in Hebron. Hebron is a city situated about twenty-two miles south of Jerusalem, which in the times of Moses was called Arbe or Kiriath-Arba, that is, the city of …

   “Then Abram removed his tent,.... From the mountain between Bethel and Hai, Gen 13:3, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, or "in the oaks of Mamre" (e); in a grove of oaks there, as being shady and pleasant to dwell among or under, and not through any superstitious regard to such trees and places where they grew; which has obtained since among the Heathens, and particularly among the Druids, who have their name from thence.

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2. Genesis 14:13

   Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 14:132 voices

   “(Verse 13) And he who had fled, reported to Abram the passerby. And he himself was sitting by the oak of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aner, who were allies of Abram. Concerning this, which we have set forth to the passerby, it is written in Hebrew as Ibri (), for this indeed signifies a passerby.

   “And there came one that escaped,....

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3. Genesis 14:24

   I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 14:242 voices

   “Save only that which the young men have eaten - His own servants had partaken of the victuals which the confederate kings had carried away; see Gen 14:11. This was unavoidable, and this is all he claims; but as he had no right to prescribe the same liberal conduct to his assistants, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, he left them to claim the share that by right of conquest belonged to them of the recaptured booty. Whether they were as generous as Abram we are not told.

   “A good man will deny himself that liberty which he will not deny another, contrary to the practice of the Pharisees, Matt. xxiii. There was not the same reason why Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, should quit their right, that there was why Abram should. They did not make the profession that he made, nor were they, as he was, under the obligation of a vow.

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4. Genesis 18:1–15

   Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

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   “And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre,....

   “It is also possible that the promise was repeated for the sake of Sarah. What shall we say, if in this manner, he chose to do honor to the greatness of his grace? For the promise concerning Isaac, from whom, at length, redemption and salvation should shine forth to the world, cannot be extolled in terms adequate to its dignity.

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5. Genesis 35:27

   Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 35:272 voices

   “And Jacob came unto Isaac his father - We may suppose he had visited him before since his return, for he sore longed after his father's house, but never 'till now brought his family to settle with him, or near him. Probably he did this now upon the death of Rebekah, by which Isaac was left solitary.

   “And Jacob came unto Isaac his father,....

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