Genesis 35:27 Cross References

Genesis 35:27

27: So Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham had also lived.

Then Abram moved his camp to the oak grove owned by Mamre, which is at Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.

The LORD appeared again to Abraham while he was camped near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. One day about noon, as Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent,

So Abraham buried Sarah there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, which is at Hebron.

she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept for her.

The LORD instructed Joshua to assign some of Judah's territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the city of Arba (that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak's ancestor.

and his men and their families all moved to Judah, and they settled near the town of Hebron.

So I'm asking you to give me the hill country that the LORD promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the Anakites living there in great, walled cities. But if the LORD is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the LORD said."
So Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave Hebron to him as an inheritance.
Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
(Previously Hebron had been called Kiriath-arba. It had been named after Arba, a great hero of the Anakites.) And the land had rest from war.

One of the men who escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was camped at the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram's allies.

Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him, "We are all members of your family.

David made Hebron his capital, and he ruled as king of Judah for seven and a half years.

So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother's brother, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.

After this, David asked the LORD, "Should I move back to Judah?" And the LORD replied, "Yes." Then David asked, "Which town should I go to?" And the LORD replied, "Hebron."

Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.)

This is what you should do. Flee to your uncle Laban in Haran.
Stay there with him until your brother's fury is spent.
When he forgets what you have done, I will send for you. Why should I lose both of you in one day?"

He had reigned over Judah from Hebron for seven years and six months, and from Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.

So there at Hebron, David made a covenant with the leaders of Israel before the LORD. And they anointed him king of Israel.

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