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MAMRE

(Heb. mamrēʾ)

(PLACE)

A place that became the focus of Abraham’s wanderings during his sojourn in southern Canaan. Abraham built an altar there (Gen 13:18), and it became the site of numerous divine visitations. While Abraham was encamped at Mamre the Lord told him that Sarah would bear a son in her old age (Gen. 18:1-15), and there Abraham bargained with the Lord over the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah (vv. 16-33). Abraham later bought the nearby cave of Machpelah as a family burial place (Gen. 23:17-20; 25:9-10; 49:29-32; 50:13). The place shares its name with Mamre, an Amorite who is said to be one of Abraham’s allies against the coalition of eastern kings led by Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:24). Whether this character is merely a personification of the place and not a true person is a matter of continued controversy. Mamre has been traditionally identified with modern µaram Râmet el-Khalîl (1088.1602), ca. 3 km. (2 mi.) N of Hebron, although definitive archaeological support of this identification is lacking.

Wade R. Kotter







Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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