Mamre
Where Mamre sits on the map, and the 6 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Ramat el Khalil
- Coordinates
- 31.5565, 35.1053
- Mentions
- 6 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
6 verses, in biblical order.
Genesis
- Genesis 23:17
And having confirmed that the field, in which there was a double cave overlooking Mamre, formerly belonged to Ephron, both it and the sepulcher, and all its trees, with all its surrounding limits,
- Genesis 23:19
So then, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the double cave of the field that overlooked Mamre. This is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 25:9
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave, which was situated in the field of Ephron, of the son of Zohar the Hittite, across from the region of Mamre,
- Genesis 35:27
And then he went to his father Isaac in Mamre, the city of Arba: this place is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
- Genesis 49:30
opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought, along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial.
- Genesis 50:13
And carrying him into the land of Canaan, they buried him in the double cave, which Abraham had bought along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial, opposite Mamre.
Routes that pass through here
Tabor itineraries with a stop at this place.
- Abraham, the Journey of FaithFrom Ur of the Chaldeans to Mount Moriah: the itinerary of the father of believers, promise by promise.
- Jacob, the Ladder and the WrestlingFrom the flight out of Beersheba to the descent into Egypt: the patriarch who leaves with a staff and returns a people, limping on one hip and bearing a new name.