Mamre in Genesis 23:17

The name of the place in the neighbourhood of Hebron (q.v.) where Abraham dwelt (Gen. 23:17, 19; 35:27); called also in King James Bible (13:18) the “plain of Mamre,” but in Revised Version more correctly “the oaks [marg., ‘terebinths’] of Mamre.” The name probably denotes the “oak grove” or the “wood of Mamre,” thus designated after Abraham’s ally.

This “grove” must have been within sight of or “facing” Machpelah (q.v.). The site of Mamre has been identified with Ballatet Selta, i.e., “the oak of rest”, where there is a tree called “Abraham’s oak,” about a mile and a half west of Hebron. Others identify it with er-Rameh, 2 miles north of Hebron.

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Recorded scripture occurrences (6)

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Show passage in OET: GEN 23:17

OET-RV GEN 23:17

17 So Efron’s field that was in Makpelah which faced Mamre (including the field and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field that was within all of its surrounding borders) was deeded

OET-LV GEN 23:17

17 And_he/it _rose _up the _field _of ˊEfrōn which was_in_Machpelah which to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before Mamre the_field and_the_cave which in/on/over_him/it and_all the_tree which in _the_field which in_all border _of_its round _about.

Show passage in OET: GEN 23:19

OET-RV GEN 23:19

19 Then after that, Avraham laid the body of his wife Sarah to rest in the cave in Makpelah’s field facing Mamre (also called Hevron, in the Kena’an (Canaan) region).

OET-LV GEN 23:19

19 And_after thus ʼAⱱrāhām he _buried DOM Sārāh his/its_wife/woman into the _cave _of the _field _of (the)_Machpelah on the _face _of Mamre that is_Ḩeⱱrōn in_land of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan).

Show passage in OET: GEN 25:9

OET-RV GEN 25:9

9 His sons Yitshak and Yishmael (Ishmael) buried him in Makpelah’s cave (in the field of Efron, Tsohar the Hiti’s son, which faced Mamre)—

OET-LV GEN 25:9

9 And_ Yiʦḩāq and_Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) sons _of_his _they _buried DOM_him/it into the _cave _of (the)_Machpelah to the _field _of ˊEfrōn the _son _of Zohar the_Ḩittiy which is_on the _face _of Mamre.

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