plain: Heb. plains
Mamre: Genesis 14:13, Genesis 18:1
Hebron: Genesis 23:2, Genesis 35:27, Genesis 37:14; Numbers 13:22; Joshua 14:13
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Genesis 13:18
Genesis 13:18
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