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Genesis 18

Genesis 18 ( Genesis • Chapter 18 (33 verses)): And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre : and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And s... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Mamre , Sodom , Gomorrah . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Abrahamic Covenant & the Patriarchs—Called from Ur of the Chaldeans and Haran into Canaan ( Genesis 12:1 ), Abram —renamed Abraham in Genesis 17:5 —receives the covenant promise of land, numerous descendants, and blessing to all nations through Isaac and Jacob .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Benjamin (Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel ): Benjamin is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Bela , Becher , Ashbel (or Jediael ?), Aharah , Nohah . ( Genesis 35:18 , 35:24 , 46:19 , 1 Chronicles 2:2 ) (mentioned in Genesis 35 , Genesis 42 , Genesis 43 ) Eber (or Heber ) (Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah ): ( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ). (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 ) Caleb (Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh ): Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah. (mentioned in Genesis 15 , Genesis 38 , Numbers 13 ) Jephunneh (Generation 25 • Child of Shelah): Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan, and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah. (mentioned in Genesis 15 , Genesis 28 , Numbers 13 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: The Flood Tablet ( Gilgamesh Tablet XI ) — Cuneiform clay tablet excavated at Nineveh from the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal and deciphered by George Smith in 1872. Recording the Mesopotamian flood narrative (releasing a dove, swallow, and raven as the ark comes to rest on a mountain), it provides a remarkable ancient Near Eastern comparative witness alongside Genesis 6 –9.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 18:18 : "Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?"; Genesis 18:17 : "And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;"; Genesis 18:23 : "And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 18 ( Genesis • Chapter 18 (33 verses)), Genesis (Old Testament • 50 Chapters).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Genesis 18
99% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 18 (33 verses)

And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre : and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And s... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Mamre , Sodom , Gomorrah .

Genesis
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 50 Chapters

Genesis (Old Testament, 50 chapters). Key figures: Adam , Cain , Abel , Enoch , Irad , Mehujael . Key places: Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria , Euphrates . Opens with: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth...."

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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional liturgical cantillation of Genesis 14:18-24 recounting Melchizedek king of Salem blessing Abram with bread and wine.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
γένεσις
genesis (génesis) [ghen'-es-is]
G1078 Greek noun feminine 5x
origin, lineage, birth

Primary meaning: origin, lineage, birth. Strong's: nativity; figuratively, nature. Lexical nuances: origin, lineage : βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Ge 2:4 a 5:1 ), Mt 1:1 . birth : Mt 1:18 , Lk 1:14 (Rec. γέννησις ); πρόσωπον τῆς γ. , face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Ja 1:23 ; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ. , the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Ja 3:6 .†

Derivation: from the same as G1074 (γενεά);
Gustave Doré — The Creation of Light (1866)
IMAGE • artwork

Magnificent wood engraving from Dor é's illustrated Bible depicting God commanding 'Let there be light' ( Genesis 1:3 ) piercing primeval darkness.

Gustave Doré • La Grande Bible de Tours / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
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PDF • charts

Exhaustive lineage chart detailing longevity, toledot formulas, and patriarchal descent from Creation to Joseph in Egypt .

H. S. Osborn (1871) • Internet Archive / Public Domain Public Domain Mark 1.0
Genesis 15:18
99% Verse
Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 18

Scripture passage in Genesis 15:18

Genesis 14:18
99% Verse
Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 18

Scripture passage in Genesis 14:18

Benjamin
88% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel

Benjamin is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Bela , Becher , Ashbel (or Jediael ?), Aharah , Nohah . ( Genesis 35:18 , 35:24 , 46:19 , 1 Chronicles 2:2 )

Eber (or Heber)
88% Messianic Line
Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah

( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ).

Caleb
86% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

דְּמוּת
demut (dǝmût) [dem-OOTH]
H1823 Hebrew noun feminine 25x
likeness, similitude, pattern

Likeness, resemblance, concrete similitude; paired with tselem in Genesis 1:26 to qualify human relation to God, affirming qualitative similarity.

Derivation: From דָּמָה (H1819) to be like.
Jephunneh
83% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Nahor
83% Messianic Line
Generation 18 • Messianic Line • Child of Serug

Nahor is a biblical figure in Generation 18 of the Messianic Line , child of Serug , parent of Terah . ( Genesis 11:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:25-26 , Luke 3:34-35 , Genesis 11:24-25 )

Shelah
83% Messianic Line
Generation 13 • Messianic Line • Child of Arpachshad (or Arphaxad)

Shelah is a biblical figure in Generation 13 of the Messianic Line , child of Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ), parent of Eber (or Heber ). ( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 )

Zerah
81% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Judah

Zerah is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Judah . ( Genesis 46:12 , Joshua 7:1 , 7:18 , Matthew 1:3 )

Peleg
81% Messianic Line
Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber)

( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg.

Michelangelo — The Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel)
IMAGE • artwork

Iconic high Renaissance fresco painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel illustrating God breathing life into Adam ( Genesis 2:7 ).

Michelangelo Buonarroti • Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gustave Doré — The Deluge (The Great Flood)
IMAGE • artwork

Dramatic engraving portraying desperate families and a mother shielding her child on a rock as floodwaters engulf the earth ( Genesis 7 ).

Gustave Doré • La Grande Bible de Tours / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Historic audio transmission from Apollo 8 astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman reading Genesis 1 from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve 1968.

NASA Astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman • NASA / National Archives Public Domain
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional Tiberian cantillation (te'amim) chanting of the Masoretic Text of Genesis 13 -14 in Biblical Hebrew.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Cantillation chanting of Genesis 15 recording God's unilateral covenant with Abram and the promise of heirs like the stars.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Genesis 1 –11 exploring creation, the human rebellion in Eden , the spread of sin through Cain and the Flood , and God's scattering of humanity at Babylon .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Genesis 12 –50 following God's covenant with Abraham , the trials of Isaac and Jacob , and Joseph 's descent into Egypt showing God working good through human failure.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
ἀγαθός
agathos (agathós) [ag-ath-os']
G0018 Greek adjective 102x
good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness

Primary meaning: good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness. Strong's: "good" (in any sense, often as noun). Lexical nuances: in general, good , in physical and in moral sense, used of persons, things, acts, conditions, etc., applied to that which is regarded as "perfect in its kind, so as to produce pleasure and satisfaction, . . . that which, in itself good, is also at once for the good and the advantage of him who comes in contact with it" (Cremer, 3): γῆ , Lk 8:8 ; δένδρον , Mt 7:18 ; καρδία , Lk 8:15 ; δόσις , Ja...

Derivation: a primary word;
Irad
73% Gen 4
Generation 4 • Child of Enoch

Irad is a biblical figure in Generation 4, child of Enoch , parent of Mehujael . ( Genesis 4:18 )

Mehujael
72% Gen 5
Generation 5 • Child of Irad

Mehujael is a biblical figure in Generation 5, child of Irad , parent of Methushael . ( Genesis 4:18 )

Methushael
72% Gen 6
Generation 6 • Child of Mehujael

Methushael is a biblical figure in Generation 6, child of Mehujael , parent of Lamech . ( Genesis 4:18 )

Lamech
72% Gen 7
Generation 7 • Child of Methushael

Lamech is a biblical figure in Generation 7, child of Methushael . ( Genesis 4:18 )

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 6–9

Cuneiform clay tablet excavated at Nineveh from the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal and deciphered by George Smith in 1872. Recording the Mesopotamian flood narrative (releasing a dove, swallow, and raven as the ark comes to rest on a mountain), it provides a remarkable ancient Near Eastern comparative witness alongside Genesis 6 –9.

מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק
Malki-Sedeq (Malkî-Ṣedeq) [mal-kee-TSEH-dek]
H4442 Hebrew proper noun 2x
Melchizedek, King of Righteousness

King of Salem and priest of God Most High (Genesis 14:18); prototypical royal priest to whose eternal order the Davidic Messiah belongs (Psalm 110:4).

Derivation: From מֶלֶךְ (H4428) king and צֶדֶק (H6664) righteousness.
עֵזֶר
ezer (ʿēzer) [AY-zer]
H5828 Hebrew noun masculine 21x
helper, rescue, counterpart

Help, vital rescuer; applied to woman as corresponding counterpart to man (ezer kenegdo, Genesis 2:18), and to God as Israel's sole deliverer.

Derivation: From עָזַר (H5826) to help, succor.
עֶלְיוֹן
Elyon (ʿElyôn) [el-YONE]
H5945 Hebrew adjective / divine title 53x
Most High, Supreme

The Most High, Sovereign Lord over cosmic powers, nations, and earthly rulers; first revealed through Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18) as Possessor of heaven and earth.

Derivation: From עָלָה (H5927) to ascend, go up.
Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

Called from Ur of the Chaldeans and Haran into Canaan ( Genesis 12:1 ), Abram —renamed Abraham in Genesis 17:5 —receives the covenant promise of land, numerous descendants, and blessing to all nations through Isaac and Jacob .

Scripture Passages (24)

Genesis 18:18 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Genesis 18:17 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

Genesis 18:23 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 18:9 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

Genesis 18:4 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

Genesis 18:15 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

Genesis 18:22 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom : but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu :

I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

Genesis 18:12 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

Genesis 18:20 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Genesis 18:33 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham : and Abraham returned unto his place.

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch :

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:

And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

Genesis 18:3 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

Genesis 18:13 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

And the Lord said unto Abraham , Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

Genesis 18:16 (KJV)
Genesis 18 KJV

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom : and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

And unto Enoch was born Irad : and Irad begat Mehujael : and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech .

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