KJV King James Version
Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
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Genesis 13:18
Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Genesis 13
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 it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֶּאֱהַ֣לH167 · a.halto pitchאַבְרָ֗םH87 · av.ramAbramוַיָּבֹ֛אH935 · boto come (in): comeוַיֵּ֛שֶׁבH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבְּאֵלֹנֵ֥יH436 · e.lon(Diviners') Oakמַמְרֵ֖אH4471 · mam.reMamreאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּחֶבְר֑וֹןH2275 · chev.ronHebronוַיִּֽבֶן־H1129 · ba.nahto buildשָׁ֥םH8033 · shamthereמִזְבֵּ֖חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarלַֽיהוָֽה׃ פH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Genesis 18:1And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;Genesis 8:20And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.Genesis 35:27And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which [is] Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.Genesis 14:13And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these [were] confederate with Abram.Genesis 12:7-8And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.Psalm 16:8I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.Genesis 13:4Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.Genesis 37:14And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, [were]. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.Joshua 14:13And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.Genesis 23:2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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