Objects

tent

Abraham's tent marks his journeys in Canaan; Jacob pitches his tent in the hills when Laban overtakes him at Mount Gilead.

Category

Objects

First mention

Genesis 12:8

Tags

2

Genesis 12-13, 18, 25-26, 31Dwelling

Scripture references

  • Genesis 12:8

    From there he moved on ... where he pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east.

  • Genesis 13:3

    By stages he went from the Negeb to Bethel, where he had first pitched his tent, between Bethel and Ai,

  • Genesis 13:18

    So Abram moved his tent and went to settle at the Oak of Mamre, at Hebron...

  • Genesis 18:1

    Yahweh appeared to him at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent...

  • Genesis 25:27

    Jacob on the other hand was a quiet man, staying at home among the tents.

  • Genesis 26:25

    There he pitched his tent, and there Isaac's servants sank a well.

  • Genesis 31:25

    Laban caught up with Jacob, who had pitched his tent in the hills; and Laban pitched camp on Mount Gilead.

  • Genesis 31:33

    Laban went into Jacob's tent, and then into Leah's tent and the tent of the two slave-girls, but he found nothing.