Genesis 18:1

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The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of the tent during the heat of the day.

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  • Gen 13:18 : 18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.
  • Gen 14:13 : 13 Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner; these were allies of Abram.
  • Gen 48:3 : 3 Jacob said to Joseph, 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.'
  • Gen 26:2 : 2 The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Stay in the land that I will show you.
  • Gen 12:7 : 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
  • Exod 4:1 : 1 Then Moses answered and said, 'What if they do not believe me or listen to me, but say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you’?
  • 2 Chr 1:7 : 7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 Stephen replied: 'Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran.
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, and your reward will be very great."
  • Gen 17:1-3 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before Me faithfully and be blameless." 2 I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will greatly multiply you. 3 Abram fell facedown, and God spoke with him, saying,
  • Gen 17:22 : 22 When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God ascended from him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 18:2-4
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    86%

    2Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.

    3He said, 'My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass by Your servant.'

    4Let a little water be brought so you can wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

  • Gen 13:18
    77%

    18So Abram moved his tent and went to live by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.

  • Gen 18:7-10
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    75%

    7Then Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and good calf, and gave it to a servant, who hastened to prepare it.

    8He then brought curds, milk, and the calf he had prepared, and set them before the men. While they ate, he stood near them under the tree.

    9They asked him, 'Where is your wife Sarah?' He replied, 'There, in the tent.'

    10Then one of them said, 'I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.' Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him.

  • Gen 19:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

    28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the entire plain, and he saw that smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

  • Gen 12:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the great tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were in the land.

    7The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

    8From there, Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

  • Gen 17:1
    73%

    1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before Me faithfully and be blameless."

  • Deut 31:15
    72%

    15Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

  • Gen 17:3
    72%

    3Abram fell facedown, and God spoke with him, saying,

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3He journeyed from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

    4To the place of the altar he had made there at first, and Abram called on the name of the LORD there.

  • Gen 18:16-17
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    72%

    16When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off.

    17Then the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'

  • Gen 19:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

    2He said, "Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house. Spend the night and wash your feet; then you can rise early and be on your way." But they said, "No, we will spend the night in the square."

  • Gen 18:22
    71%

    22The men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.

  • Acts 7:2
    71%

    2Stephen replied: 'Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran.

  • Gen 26:2
    70%

    2The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Stay in the land that I will show you.

  • Gen 26:24
    70%

    24That night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham."

  • Gen 21:1
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    1The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.

  • Gen 18:33
    70%

    33When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned to his place.

  • Exod 3:2
    70%

    2The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that the bush was burning with fire, but it was not consumed.

  • Gen 22:1
    70%

    1After these events, God tested Abraham and said to him, 'Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Gen 22:4
    70%

    4On the third day, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

  • Gen 15:17
    70%

    17When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking oven and a burning torch appeared and passed between the divided pieces.

  • Judg 19:17
    69%

    17When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man asked, "Where are you going, and where have you come from?"

  • Gen 28:13
    69%

    13And there was the Lord standing above it, and He said, 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.'

  • Gen 22:11
    69%

    11But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, 'Abraham! Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Gen 22:15
    69%

    15Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

  • Gen 13:14
    69%

    14The LORD said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look to the north, south, east, and west.

  • Gen 24:12
    69%

    12Then he prayed, "Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show kindness to my master Abraham."

  • Gen 35:27
    69%

    27Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived as foreigners.