Genesis 18:1

New English Translation

Three Special Visitors

18 The Lord appeared to Abraham^[a] by the oaks^[b] of Mamre while^[c] he was sitting at the entrance^[d] to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

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Footnotes

Genesis 18:1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
Genesis 18:1 tn Or “terebinths.”
Genesis 18:1 tn The disjunctive clause here is circumstantial to the main clause.
Genesis 18:1 tn The Hebrew noun translated “entrance” is an adverbial accusative of place.

Genesis 18:1

King James Version

18 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

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Genesis 18:1

New King James Version

The Son of Promise^(A)

18 Then the Lord appeared to him by ^[a]the ^(B)terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.

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Footnotes

Genesis 18:1 Heb. Alon Mamre

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