Objects

altar

Abram built altars to Yahweh in Canaan after receiving God's promise.

Category

Objects

First mention

Genesis 12:7

Tags

2

Genesis 12-13Worship

Scripture references

  • Genesis 12:7

    And there, Abram built an altar to Yahweh who had appeared to him.

  • Genesis 12:8

    There he built an altar to Yahweh and invoked the name of Yahweh.

  • Genesis 13:4

    at the place where he had formerly erected the altar. There Abram invoked the name of Yahweh.

  • Genesis 13:18

    So Abram moved his tent and went to settle at the Oak of Mamre, at Hebron, and there he built an altar to Yahweh.