And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
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.
And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;
And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. And he sat at the tent-door in the heat of the day.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)