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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 13:18

Plain] RM 'terebinths'; see on Genesis 12:6. Mamre] an Amorite chief. It is evident from Genesis 14:13 that Abraham now settled down among this community of Amorites, and entered into a confederacy with them.

Hebron] an ancient city 20 m. S. of Jerusalem, earlier called Kirjath-Arba, Genesis 23:2. From its connexion with Abraham it soon came to be regarded as a holy place. Joshua appointed it to be one of the six cities of refuge, and assigned it to the Levites. For 7 years it was the seat of David's kingdom (2 Samuel 5:1). It is now called el-Khalil, 'the friend,' after Abraham, 'the friend of God' (Isaiah 41:8). Hard by is the cave of Machpelah where the patriarchs were buried.

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See also Genesis 13:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 13:18. _ABRAM REMOVED HIS TENT_] Continued to travel and pitch in different places, till at last he fixed his tent in the _plain_, or _by the oak, of Mamre_, see Genesis 12:6, _which is...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Abram and Lot Separate 7. פרזי _perı̂zı̂y_, Perizzi, “descendant of Paraz.” פרז _pārāz_, “leader,” or inhabitant of the plain or open country. 10. ככר _kı̂kar_, “circle, border, vale, cake, talen...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 13 THE RETURN FROM EGYPT AND SEPARATION FROM LOT _ 1. Back to Bethel (Genesis 13:1)_ 2. The strife (Genesis 13:5) 3. The separation. Lot in Sodom (Genesis 13:8) 4. The third communication...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GENESIS 13. THE SEPARATION OF ABRAHAM AND LOT. In the main from J, as is shown by the frequent mention of Yahweh, the reference to the garden of Yahweh, the preparation for the story of Sodom's overth...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PLAIN. among the oaks belonging to Mamre, brother of Eshcol and Aner (Genesis 14:13)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the oaks of Mamre_ Better, as R.V. marg., _terebinths_. Cf. Genesis 14:13; Genesis 18:1. Probably the sacred trees of the Canaanite sanctuary at Hebron. Josephus (_Ant_. i. x. § 4 and _B.J_. iv. ix....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN ABRAM REMOVED HIS TENT— And continued to do so, till he had travelled through and surveyed the whole land of Palestine, according to the divine admonition; which done, he settled _in the plain,_...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART TWENTY-SEVEN THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: ABRAHAM AND LOT (Gen., chs. 13, 14) _1. The Biblical Account (ch. 13_) _And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with hi...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ Abram ... came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 13 ABRAM AND LOT SEPARATE V1 So Abram left Egypt. He took his wife. He took everything that he had. And Lot went with him. They went into the Nege...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE PLAIN OF MAMRE. — (Heb., _oaks of Mamre._ See on Genesis 12:6). Mamre was an Amorite, then living, and as he was confederate with Abram, it was apparently with the consent of the Amorites, and by...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֶּאֱהַ֣ל אַבְרָ֗ם וַ יָּבֹ֛א וַ יֵּ֛שֶׁב

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    LOT'S SEPARATION FROM ABRAM Genesis 13:1 ABRAM left Egypt thinking meanly of himself, highly of God. This humble frame of mind is disclosed in the route he chooses; he went straight back "unto the pl...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Thus, delivered by the divine intervention, Abram set his face again toward the line of the divine purpose and returned to Bethel. In this act is seen the victory of faith over failure. It was at this...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Vale, or grove of oaks, where there was a famous one which was called the oak of Mambre, either from the neighbouring city, or from a man of that name, chap. xiv. 13. (Menochius) --- Hebron was on th...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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. Still in a pilgrimage state. Observe Abram again builds an altar. An...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _TENT AND ALTAR_ ‘Abram removed his tent.… and built there an altar.’ Genesis 13:18 Here is Abraham’s life given us in these two words—his _ tent_ and his _ altar_. Everything in that wondrous life...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    18._And Abram removed his tent _(355) Here Moses relates that the holy man, animated by the renewed promise of Gods traversed the land with great courage as if by a look alone he could subdue it to hi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. After this (chap. 13) we have, in the conduct of Abram and Lot, the disinterestedness and self-renunciation of true faith on the one hand, and, on...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN ABRAM REMOVED [HIS] TENT,.... From the mountain between Bethel and Hai, Genesis 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 sh...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 18. _Built an altar._] _See Trapp on "_ Gen 12:8 _"_...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Abram and Lot returne out of Egypt. 7 By disagreement they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14 God renueth the promise to Abram. 18 He remoueth to Hebron, and there buildeth an Altar....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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. Abram was obedient to the Lord's word; he journeyed through the land...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    God Repeats His Promise...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SECOND SECTION _Abram as a witness for God in Canaan, and his self-denying separation from Lot. The New Promise of God. His altar in Hain (oaks) Mamre_ GENESIS 13:1-18 1And Abram went up out of Egyp...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    RECOVERY At last Abram "went up," leaving Egypt behind and coming into the south of the land of Canaan. Again Lot is mentioned as accompanying his uncle Abram. But Abram had been greatly enriched in E...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PLAIN: _ Heb._ plains...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-18 Those are best prepared for the visits of Divine grace, whose spirits are calm, and not ruffled with passion. God will abundantly make up in spiritual peace, what we lose for preserving neighbo...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MAMRE was an Amorite of great note, from whom the city Hebron was called Mamre, GENESIS 23:19, a friend and confederate of Abram, GENESIS 14:13, by whom it is thought he was brought to the knowledge a...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The opening of this chapter presents to us a subject of immense interest to the heart, namely, the true character of divine restoration. When the child of God has, in any way, declined in his spiritua...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 13:18 Abram H87 tent H167 (H8799) went H935 (H8799) dwelt H3427 (H8799) trees H436 Mamre...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Arise, walk through the land, the length of it and the breadth of it, for I will give it to you.' Wherever Abram walks he can look around and say, ‘one day this will all belong to my children's child...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Genesis 13:18 _(with Genesis 14:13)_ Mamre is the first village that comes before us distinctly in any authentic history. If Ararat was the cradle of the races of our world, Mamre was the cradle of...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Abram's return to the land and the altar. Separation from Lot. Lots backsliding and choice of the land. CHARACTERS: Abram, Lot. CONCLUSION: Material blessings are often accompanied by mora...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 13:15. To thee will I give it, and to thy seed] Perhaps a better rendering would be, “To thee will I give it, _even_ to thy seed.” The Heb. particle translated “and” has frequ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 13:14, GENESIS 13:15 AND THE LORD SAID—speaking probably with an articulate voice; the third occasion on which the patriarch was directly addressed by God. The narrative, however,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    plain. Heb. plains. Mamre. Genesis 14:13 Genesis 18:1 Hebron. Genesis 23:2 Genesis 35:27...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN ABRAHAM Genesis 12:1, _Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:14_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Does God still speak to men as He spoke to Abraham? Our Scripture opens with the statement, "Now the

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Then Abram removed his tent — God bid him walk through the land, that is, Do not think of fixing in it, but expect to be always unsettled, and walking through it to a better Canaan; in compliance with...

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