THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
Observe how the God of love, in His human form, desired to fulfill righteousness in every respect.
Genesis 35:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
וַיָּבֹ֤א יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־יִצְחָ֣ק אָבִ֔יו מַמְרֵ֖א קִרְיַ֣ת הָֽאַרְבַּ֑ע הִ֣וא חֶבְר֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר־גָּֽר־שָׁ֥ם אַבְרָהָ֖ם וְיִצְחָֽק׃
The Church Fathers on this verse
2 Church Fathers comment on this verse
Jerome of Stridon
Rather than using arbee (אַרְבַּ֑ע), the Seventy render it as ‘plain,’ even though Hebron is located on elevated terrain. This city is also referred to as mambre (מַמְרֵ֖א), a name it has held since antiquity in commemoration of Abraham’s ally.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 13:18So 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.
- Gen 23:19And so Abraham buried Sara, his wife, in the double cave of the field, that looked towards Mambre, this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan.
- Gen 18:1And 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.
- Josh 15:13But to Caleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda, as the Lord had commanded him: Cariath-Arbe the father of Enac, which is Hebron.
- Gen 23:2And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.
- 2 Sam 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron, saying: Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh.
- 2 Sam 5:3The ancients also of Israel came to the king of Hebron, and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David to be king over Israel.
- 2 Sam 2:3And the men also that were with him, David brought up every man with his household: and they abode in the towns of Hebron.