Genesis 18:1

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Three Special Visitors The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

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  • Gen 13:18 : 18 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.
  • Gen 14:13 : 13 A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner.(All these were allied by treaty with Abram.)
  • Gen 48:3 : 3 Jacob said to Joseph,“The Sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
  • Gen 26:2 : 2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.
  • Gen 12:7 : 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
  • Exod 4:1 : 1 The Source of Sufficiency Moses answered again,“And if they do not believe me or pay attention 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,“Tell me what I should give you.”
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 So he replied,“Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”
  • Gen 17:1-3 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless. 2 Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.” 3 Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
  • Gen 17:22 : 22 When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 18:2-4
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    86%

    2Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

    3He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

    4Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.

  • Gen 13:18
    77%

    18So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.

  • Gen 18:7-10
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    7Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

    8Abraham then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them. They ate while he was standing near them under a tree.

    9Then they asked him,“Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied,“There, in the tent.”

    10One of them said,“I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!”(Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.

  • Gen 19:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

    28He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.

  • Gen 12:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem.(At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)

    7The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

    8Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.

  • Gen 17:1
    73%

    1The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

  • Deut 31:15
    72%

    15The LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud that stood above the door of the tent.

  • Gen 17:3
    72%

    3Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

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

    4This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the LORD.

  • Gen 18:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Abraham Pleads for Sodom When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom.(Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

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

  • Gen 19:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

    2He said,“Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.”“No,” they replied,“we’ll spend the night in the town square.”

  • Gen 18:22
    71%

    22The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

  • Acts 7:2
    71%

    2So he replied,“Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

  • Gen 26:2
    70%

    2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

  • Gen 26:24
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    24The LORD appeared to him that night 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
    70%

    1The Birth of Isaac The LORD visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

  • Gen 18:33
    70%

    33The LORD went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.

  • Exod 3:2
    70%

    2The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked– and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!

  • Gen 22:1
    70%

    1The Sacrifice of Isaac Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!”“Here I am!” Abraham replied.

  • Gen 22:4
    70%

    4On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance.

  • Gen 15:17
    70%

    17When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.

  • Judg 19:17
    69%

    17When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said,“Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”

  • Gen 28:13
    69%

    13and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

  • Gen 22:11
    69%

    11But the LORD’s angel called to him from heaven,“Abraham! Abraham!”“Here I am!” he answered.

  • Gen 22:15
    69%

    15The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven

  • Gen 13:14
    69%

    14After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram,“Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.

  • Gen 24:12
    69%

    12He prayed,“O LORD, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 35:27
    69%

    27So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.