Mamre, at Hebron

A place in the Bible

A grove of oak trees near Hebron, where Abraham lived in his tent for a long time.

What happened here

Abraham: he went to live by the oaks of Mamre, at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
The visit: there the Lord appeared to him, while Abraham sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day.
The family tomb: facing Mamre was the cave of Machpelah, where Sarah and Abraham were buried.

It was near Hebron, in the West Bank.

Genesis 13:18; Genesis 18:1; Genesis 23:19; Genesis 25:9

Genesis 13:18

So Abram removing his tent came and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 18:1

And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day.

Genesis 23:19

And so Abraham buried Sara his wife, in a double cave of the field, that looked towards Mambre, this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Genesis 13:18; Genesis 23:19; Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “Hebron”