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Genesis 18:1

And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

KJV

Apparuit autem ei Dominus in convalle Mambre sedenti in ostio tabernaculi sui in ipso fervore diei.

Vulgate

Ὤφθη δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς πρὸς τῇ δρυὶ τῇ Μαμβρή, καθημένου αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς αὐτοῦ μεσημβρίας.

LXX

And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

ASV

וַ/יֵּרָ֤א אֵלָי/ו֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּ/אֵלֹנֵ֖י מַמְרֵ֑א וְ/ה֛וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב פֶּֽתַח הָ/אֹ֖הֶל כְּ/חֹ֥ם הַ/יּֽוֹם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵל֥וֹן
'lvn
noun · 9×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֹ֣הֶל
'hl
noun · 344×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
חֹ֣ם
chm
verb · 15×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
מַמְרֵ֖א
mmr'
proper_noun · 10×
פֶּ֖תַח
ptch
noun · 162×

Doctrines that cite this verse

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Historic Christian voices

11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§706Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit.68 In Abraham's progeny all the nations of the earth will be blessed. This progeny will be Christ himself,69 in whom the outpouring of the Holy Spirit will "gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad."70 God commits himself by his own solemn o…
§2571Because Abraham believed in God and walked in his presence and in covenant with him,10 The patriarch is ready to welcome a mysterious Guest into his tent. Abraham's remarkable hospitality at Mamre foreshadows the annunciation of the true Son of the promise.11 After that, once God had confided his plan, Abraham's heart is attuned to his Lord's compassion for men and he dares to …
Recapitulation of the foregoing argument, showing that Abraham, through the revelation of the Word, knew the Father, and the coming of the Son of God. For this cause, he rejoiced to see the day of Christ, when the promises made to him should be fulfilled. The fruit of this rejoicing has flowed to posterity, viz., to those who are partakers in the faith of Abraham, but not to th…
Josephus retells the Genesis narrative: creation, the fall of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, the genealogy from Adam to Noah, the flood, the tower of Babel, and the lives of Abraham and Isaac. He follows the biblical account closely but adds rationalizing explanations and draws on extra-biblical traditions.
1. Since in Christ there is a twofold nature, and the one — in so far as he is thought of as God — resembles the head of the body, while the other may be compared with the feet — in so far as he, for the sake of our salvation, put on human nature with the same passions as our own — the following work will be complete only if we begin with the chief and lordliest events of all h…
Tertullian argues that it was always the Son, not the Father, who appeared in the Old Testament theophanies. The Son appeared to Abraham at Mamre, wrestled with Jacob, spoke from the burning bush, and appeared to Joshua as commander of the Lord's army. The invisible Father acts through the visible Son.
Even under the Old Covenant, God never manifested Himself to His people except through the Mediator. For this reason the ancient Church always held that the Son of God was the visible image of the invisible Father. When God said to Moses, 'I will send an Angel before thee; take heed before Him, for My name is in Him' (see Exod. xxiii. 20-21), it was the Son who was meant. When …

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 1:7 — In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
  • Acts 7:2 — And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
  • Exod 4:5 — That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
  • Gen 12:7 — And 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 14:13 — And 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.
  • Gen 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
  • Gen 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
  • Gen 17:22 — And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
  • Gen 18:22 — And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
  • Gen 19:1 — And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
  • Gen 20:1 — And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
  • Gen 26:2 — And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
  • Gen 26:2 — And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
  • Gen 35:9 — And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
  • Gen 35:27 — And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
  • Gen 48:3 — And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
  • Heb 11:9 — By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
  • Heb 13:2 — Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.