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Genesis 13

Gen. 13:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Unto the place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
of the altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
n, which he had made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
there at the first
ri'shown (Hebrew #7223)
from 7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
KJV usage: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
Pronounce: ree-shone'
Origin: or riishon {ree-shone'}
: and there Abram
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
o on the name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Gen. 12:7‑8• 7And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. There he builded an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.
 8And he removed thence {i}towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east;{/i} there he builded an altar to Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah. (Gen. 12:7‑8)
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Psa. 42:1‑2• 1To the chief musician; Maschil, for the sons of Korah.{HR}As the hart longeth after the brooks of water,{HR}So my soul longeth after thee, Ο God.
 2My soul hath thirsted for God, for the living God:{HR}When shall I come and appear before God? (Psa. 42:1‑2)
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Psa. 84:10• 10For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand:{HR}I had rather be at the threshold in the house of my God{HR}Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psa. 84:10)
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Psa. 116:17• 17To thee will I sacrifice the sacrifice of praise,{HR}And on Jehovah's name will I call. (Psa. 116:17)
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Psa. 145:18• 18Near [is] Jehovah to all calling on him in truth. (Psa. 145:18)

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Gen. 13:18• 18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah. (Gen. 13:18)
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Gen. 12:7‑8• 7And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. There he builded an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.
 8And he removed thence {i}towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east;{/i} there he builded an altar to Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah. (Gen. 12:7‑8)
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Gen. 35:1‑3• 1And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to God that appeared to thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
 2And Jacob said to his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
 3and we will arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went. (Gen. 35:1‑3)
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Psa. 26:8• 8O Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house,{HR}And the dwelling place of thy glory. (Psa. 26:8)
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Psa. 42:1‑2• 1To the chief musician; Maschil, for the sons of Korah.{HR}As the hart longeth after the brooks of water,{HR}So my soul longeth after thee, Ο God.
 2My soul hath thirsted for God, for the living God:{HR}When shall I come and appear before God? (Psa. 42:1‑2)
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Psa. 84:1‑2,10• 1To the chief musician on the Gittith; for the sons of Korah, a psalm.{HR}How lovely [are] thy tabernacles,{HR}O Jehovah of hosts!
 2My soul longeth, yea even fainteth,{HR}For the courts of Jehovah;{HR}My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God
 10For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand:{HR}I had rather be at the threshold in the house of my God{HR}Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psa. 84:1‑2,10)
called.
Gen. 4:26• 26And to Sheth, to him also was born a son, and he called his name Enoch: then it was begun to call on Jehovah's name. (Gen. 4:26)
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Psa. 65:1‑2• 1To the chief musician; a psalm of David, a song.{HR}To thee waiteth praise, O God, in Zion,{HR}And to thee shall vow be paid.
 2Hearer of prayer,{HR}To thee shall all flesh come. (Psa. 65:1‑2)
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Psa. 107:1,8,15• 1Give ye thanks to Jehovah, for he [is] good;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 8O that [they] might give thanks to Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
 15O that [they] might give thanks to Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men! (Psa. 107:1,8,15)
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Psa. 116:2,17• 2For he inclined his ear unto me,{HR}And I will call [upon him] in my days.
 17To thee will I sacrifice the sacrifice of praise,{HR}And on Jehovah's name will I call. (Psa. 116:2,17)
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Psa. 145:18• 18Near [is] Jehovah to all calling on him in truth. (Psa. 145:18)
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Isa. 58:9• 9Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and the speaking vanity; (Isa. 58:9)
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Jer. 29:12• 12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. (Jer. 29:12)
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Zeph. 3:9• 9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent. (Zeph. 3:9)
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1 Cor. 1:2• 2to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, c [persons] sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirs and ours; (1 Cor. 1:2)
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Eph. 6:18‑19• 18with all prayer and supplication praying in every season in [the] Spirit, and thereunto watching with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
 19and for me that utterance may be given me in [the] opening of my mouth with boldness to make known the mystery of the gospel, (Eph. 6:18‑19)
• Nothing can satisfy God, in reference to a wanderer or backslider, but his being entirely restored. We, in the self-righteousness of our hearts, might imagine that such an one should take a lower place than that which he had formerly occupied; and so he should, were it a question of his merit or his character; but, inasmuch as it is, altogether, a question of grace, it is God’s prerogative to fix the standard of restoration (“Genesis 13” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

W. Kelly Translation

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to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first; and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.