¹⁸ So Abram moved his tent and came and ^(A)settled by the ^(B)oaks^[a] of Mamre, which ^(C)are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

²⁷ And Jacob came to his father Isaac at ^(A)Mamre, or ^(B)Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

¹³ Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, ^(A)who was living by the ^(B)oaks^[a] of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.

God's Covenant with Noah

²⁰ Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

18 And the Lord appeared to him by the ^(A)oaks^[a] of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.

⁷ Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ^(A)“To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. ⁸ From there he moved to the hill country on the east of ^(B)Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

⁸ I desire then that ^(A)in every place the men should pray, ^(B)lifting ^(C)holy hands without anger or quarreling;

¹³ Then Joshua ^(A)blessed him, and he gave ^(B)Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.