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Genesis 13:18 KJV
Genesis · chapter 13 · verse 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.Genesis 13:18 · King James Version
Genesis 13:18 in context
16And 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.
17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
18Then 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HebronChebrôwnChebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two IsraelitesH2275 →
- AbramʼAbrâmAbram, the original name of AbrahamH87 →
- dweltyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- plainʼêlôwnan oak or other strong treeH436 →
- MamreMamrêʼMamre, an AmoriteH4471 →
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
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We have here an account of a gracious visit which God paid to Abram, to confirm the promise to him and his. Observe, I. When it was that God renewed and ratified the promise: After that Lot was separated from him, that is, 1. After the quarrel was over;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-18