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

Bible Comments

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 and worship of the true God. In Hebron; or, near Hebron; for so the Hebrew Beth is sometimes taken.

Genesis 13:18

18 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.