Old Testament · Major figure
Mamre
An Amorite chieftain who was an ally of Abram and provided land for his encampment near Hebron.
Mamre was an Amorite leader, brother to Eshcol and Aner, who formed a military alliance with Abram. He is significant for providing the location near Hebron where Abram settled and built an altar to the Lord. His name also designates the site of the oaks where God appeared to Abram and where the patriarchs were eventually buried.
In the text
- Verses
- 10
- Books
- 1
- First appears
- Genesis 13:18
- Last appears
- Genesis 50:13
Where Mamre appears
10 verses · 8 chaptersIn the same books
- Ephron10 versesA Hittite landowner who sold the cave of Machpelah to Abraham for the burial of Sarah.
- Laban45 versesThe brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel who became Jacob's father-in-law and employer.
- Leah32 versesThe eldest daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, who became the mother of six of Israel's twelve tribes.
- Rebekah30 versesThe wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, instrumental in fulfilling God's promise to Abraham.
- Hagar12 versesAn Egyptian handmaid to Sarah who bore Ishmael to Abraham and experienced God's provision in the wilderness.
- Bilhah11 versesRachel's handmaid who became a concubine to Jacob and the mother of his sons Dan and Naphtali.
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