So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
18. And Abram removed his tent “Et tetendit Abram tabernaculum.” Abram pitched his tent. This seems to be the true meaning of the word ויאהל; yet the term pitched does not so well agree with the context as the term removed; in the use of which word our translators have followed the Septuagint, (ἀποσκηνώσας,) and the Vulgate, (movens igitur tabernaculum.) The Arabic (according to the...
We have here an account of a gracious visit which God paid to Abram, to confirm the promise to him and his. Observe, I. When it was that God renewed and ratified the promise: After that Lot was separated from him, that is, 1.
Commenting on Genesis 13:14-18
Then Abram removed his tent,.... From the mountain between Bethel and Hai, Gen 13:3, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, or "in the oaks of Mamre" (e); in a grove of oaks there, as being shady and pleasant to dwell among or under, and not through any superstitious regard to such trees and places where they grew; which has obtained since among...