Genesis 18:1

World English Bible (2000)

Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

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  • Gen 13:18 : 18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
  • Gen 14:13 : 13 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and 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 Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.
  • Gen 12:7 : 7 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.
  • Exod 4:1 : 1 Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'"
  • 2 Chr 1:7 : 7 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
  • Gen 17:1-3 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless. 2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly." 3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
  • Gen 17:22 : 22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

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    2He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

    3and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.

    4Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

  • Gen 13:18
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    18Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.

  • Gen 18:7-10
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    7Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.

    8He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

    9They asked him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?" He said, "See, in the tent."

    10He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

  • Gen 19:27-28
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    27Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.

    28He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

  • Gen 12:6-8
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    6Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.

    7Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.

    8He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on the name of Yahweh.

  • Gen 17:1
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    1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

  • Deut 31:15
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    15Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.

  • Gen 17:3
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    3Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

  • Gen 13:3-4
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    3He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

    4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.

  • Gen 18:16-17
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    16The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

    17Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

  • Gen 19:1-2
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    1The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,

    2and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."

  • Gen 18:22
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    22The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

  • Acts 7:2
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    2He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

  • Gen 26:2
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    2Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

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    24Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake."

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    1Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.

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    33Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

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    2The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

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    1It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

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    4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

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    17It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

  • Judg 19:17
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    17He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"

  • Gen 28:13
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    13Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.

  • Gen 22:11
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    11The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

  • Gen 22:15
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    15The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,

  • Gen 13:14
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    14Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

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    12He said, "Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 35:27
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    27Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.