Genesis 18:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

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  • Gen 13:18 : 18 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.
  • Gen 14:13 : 13 And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.
  • Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,
  • Gen 26:2 : 2 And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:
  • Gen 12:7 : 7 And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
  • Exod 4:1 : 1 And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 1:7 : 7 In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.
  • Gen 17:1-3 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things, 2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased. 3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,
  • Gen 17:22 : 22 And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

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  • Gen 18:2-4
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    2And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

    3And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

    4Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:

  • 18And 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.

  • Gen 18:7-10
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    7And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

    8And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

    9And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.

    10And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

  • Gen 19:27-28
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    27And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had been talking with the Lord:

    28And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.

  • Gen 12:6-8
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    6And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.

    7And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

    8And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • 1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

  • 15And the Lord was seen in the Tent in a pillar of cloud resting by the door of the Tent.

  • 3And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

  • Gen 13:3-4
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    3And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

    4To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • Gen 18:16-17
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    16And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.

    17And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;

  • Gen 19:1-2
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    1And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.

    2And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.

  • 22And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.

  • 2And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

  • 2And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

  • 24That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

  • 1And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.

  • 33And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.

  • 2And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.

  • 1Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

  • 4And on the third day, Abraham, lifting up his eyes, saw the place a long way off.

  • 17Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.

  • 17And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

  • 13And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

  • 11But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

  • 15And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,

  • 14And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

  • 12And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

  • 27And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.