Genesis 13:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plainb of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. ”

• Genesis 13:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - 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...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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 ove...

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• Genesis 13:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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• Genesis 13:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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 subdu...

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• Genesis 13:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on 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 removed his tent - Continued to travel and pitch in differ...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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...

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• Genesis 13:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The History of Abraham At this point the specific purpose of the writer of the Pentateuch begins to appear more clearly. Speaking generally, that purpose is to trace the development of the kingdom...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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, an...

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• Genesis 13:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  LOT'S SEPARATION FROM ABRAM Genesis 13:1-18 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 "un...

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• Genesis 13:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Abram at Hebron; Lot Taken Captive Genesis 13:14-18 ; Genesis 14:1-12 Lot lifted up his eyes for himself, but when the last of Lot's followers had streamed out of the camp, God bade Abram lift...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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 th...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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. A...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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...

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• Genesis 13:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 b...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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 "

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• Genesis 13:18 - L. 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...

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• Genesis 13:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  God Confirms His Promise to Abram. B. C. 1917.       14 And the L ORD said unto Abram, afte...

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• Genesis 13:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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 ch...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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 cradl...

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• Genesis 13:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Genesis 13:2 . Very rich. Here is another proof of God's fidelity in fulfilling his promises to Abraham. This has often been the lot of faithful men. Genesis 13:9 . Separate thyself. Generous...

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• Genesis 13:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

  All the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever The saints comfort in solitude I. THE DIVINE VOICE IS MORE DISTINCTLY HEARD. 1. We need this consolation to con...

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• Genesis 13:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 na...

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• Genesis 13:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  God Repeats His Promise

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• Genesis 13:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  plain. Heb. plains. Mamre. Genesis 14:13 Genesis 18:1 Hebron. Genesis 23:2 Genesis 35:27 Genesis 37:14 Numbers 13:22 Joshua 14:13 altar. Genesis 13:4 Genesis 8:20 Genesis 12:7 Ge...

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• Genesis 13:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Faith as Exemplified in Abraham Genesis 12:1-4 , Genesis 12:7-9 ; Genesis 13:14-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Does God still speak to men as He spoke to Abraham? Our Scripture opens with the...

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• Genesis 13:18 - 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 w...

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