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Mamre in the Bible.

Mamre is a town in the Bible, about 27 km (17 miles) south-west of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 6 verses, from Genesis 23:17 to Genesis 50:13.

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What happened at Mamre.

The name of the place in the neighbourhood of Hebron (q.v.) where Abraham dwelt (Gen. 23:17, 19; 35:27); called also in Authorized Version (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.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Mamre.

Abraham 4Ephron 4Isaac 2Ishmael 1Jacob 1Sarah 1Zohar 1

Near Mamre.

All 6 verses that name Mamre.

Genesis 6

  • Genesis 23:17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
  • Genesis 23:19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
  • Genesis 25:9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
  • Genesis 35:27And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
  • Genesis 49:30In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
  • Genesis 50:13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Questions about Mamre.

Where is Mamre in the Bible?

Mamre is a town about 27 km (17 miles) south-west of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Mamre named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Mamre in 6 verses, in 1 book, from Genesis 23:17 to Genesis 50:13.

Which people are named with Mamre in the Bible?

The verses that name Mamre also name Abraham, Ephron, Isaac, Ishmael, Jacob and Sarah, among others.

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