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Orchestral Strings. New music for 2024. The Oaks of Mamre. For the sheet music go here:https://www.jwpepper.com/myscore/LeeMitchell1. Anniversary Prelude.....
Genesis 18:1-15
20 sty 2020 · Abram settled by the terebinth trees of Mamre about two miles north of Hebron. A well-watered and fertile area situated around 3,000 feet above sea level, it was an ideal location and became Abram’s primary residence for the remainder of his life.
It was at the oaks, or great trees of Mamre, that God's covenant with Abraham, which would affect the entire world, would be carried out. It's an amazing and unique event that is the most important covenant in the Bible.
God kept his promise by giving Abraham a son named Isaac. After Sarah (Isaac's mother) died, he buried her in a cave among Canaanites (near the trees of Mamre, where the Lord appeared to him and promised Isaac). Abraham decided it was time for Isaac to marry.
iv. ix. § 7) mentions the oak tree (δρύς) of Hebron. The so-called oak of Abraham, 3 miles N.W. of Hebron, was shattered by a storm in the winter of 1888–9. The tree was said to be six or seven hundred years old. In Genesis 14:24 Mamre is the name of a local chieftain allied with Abram.
Abram then moves south of Bethel near the town of Hebron. He settles there by the oaks or great trees belonging to Mamre, an Amorite man who will be revealed as an ally of Abram in chapter 14. Abram built an altar to the Lord, Yahweh, in this place. He would continue his worship of God there.
