Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Following God’s direct command to survey the promised land, Abram physically relocates his camp to the Oaks of Mamre near Hebron.
The words — וַ/יֶּאֱהַ֣ל (va/i.ye.'e.Hal) literally means he pitched or moved his tent, and אַבְרָ֗ם (Abram) names the patriarch who executes the relocation.
The thread — This encampment becomes his established base, referenced again when a survivor reports to him in Genesis 14:13 and when the LORD appears to him in Genesis 18:1, while his altar-building parallels Noah’s worship in Genesis 8:20.
Why it lands — The text records that responding to a divine promise requires immediate physical movement and the construction of a worship site, establishing a pattern of action before fulfillment.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Genesis 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- 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.
- Genesis 18:1 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.
- Genesis 35:27 Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
- Genesis 12:7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Psalms 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Genesis 13:4 to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 37:14 Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
- Numbers 13:22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
- 1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.