Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

New American Standard Bible

Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the Lord.

International Standard Version

So Abram moved his tent and settled beside the oaks of Mamre that are by Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

A Conservative Version

And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to LORD.

American Standard Version

And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.

Amplified

Then Abram broke camp and moved his tent, and came and settled by the [grove of the great] terebinths (oak trees) of Mamre [the Amorite], which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to [honor] the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

Darby Translation

Then Abram moved his tents, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. And he built there an altar to Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

And Abram will pitch his tent, and will come and will dwell by the oaks of Mamra which is in Hebron, and he will build there an altar to Jehovah.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So Abram pitched his tent, and he came and settled at the oaks of Mamre, which [were] at Hebron. And there he built an altar to Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

And Abram moved his tent and came and lived in the oaks of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built an altar to Jehovah there.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then Abram took down his tent, and went and dwelled in the oak grove of Mamre, which is in Hebron; and built there an altar to the LORD.

NET Bible

So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

New Heart English Bible

Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD.

The Emphasized Bible

So Abram moved his tent and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron, - and built there an altar to Yahweh.

Webster

Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.

World English Bible

Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
H87
אברם 
'Abram 
Usage: 61

אהל 
'ahal 
Usage: 4

and came

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

and dwelt
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

in the plain
אלון 
'elown 
Usage: 10

of Mamre
ממרא 
Mamre' 
Usage: 10

which is in Hebron
חברון 
Chebrown 
Usage: 71

and built
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

Context Readings

The Lord's Third Promise To Abram

17 rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.' 18 And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.



Cross References

Genesis 14:13

And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they are Abram's allies.

Genesis 8:20

And Noah buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar;

Genesis 35:27

And Jacob cometh unto Isaac his father, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned.

Genesis 12:7-8

And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, 'To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.

Genesis 18:1

And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;

Genesis 13:4

unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.

Genesis 23:2

and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron, in the land of Caanan, and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah, and to bewail her.

Genesis 37:14

and he saith to him, 'Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;' and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem.

Numbers 13:22

and they go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there are Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt),

Joshua 14:13

And Joshua blesseth him, and giveth Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance,

Psalm 16:8

I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.

1 Timothy 2:8

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

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