Judean hill country (near Hebron) · Old Testament · 10 verses
Mamre was a place of great trees near Hebron where Abraham settled and built an altar. It is closely associated with Hebron. The name appears in Genesis in the King James text.
About Mamre
Mamre was a place of great trees near Hebron where Abraham settled and built an altar. It is closely associated with Hebron.
Its place in the story
At Mamre Abraham received the three visitors who announced that Sarah would bear a son, and there he interceded before the judgment of Sodom. It was a chief dwelling place of the patriarch in the land.
Mamre in Scripture (KJV)
“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.”
“And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.”
“And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure”
Mamre was a place of great trees near Hebron where Abraham settled and built an altar. It is closely associated with Hebron. The name appears in Genesis in the King James text.
What happened at Mamre?
At Mamre Abraham received the three visitors who announced that Sarah would bear a son, and there he interceded before the judgment of Sodom. It was a chief dwelling place of the patriarch in the land.