“God appeared to Abraham at the Terebinths of Mamre“
(Genesis 18:23)
What’s a Terebinth?
The word in Hebrew here is ‘Alon’ which refers to Oak rather than Terebinth, which is a different kind of tree. The Picture above is of a ‘Quercus Calliprinos’ or ‘Palestine Oak’, which can be seen all over Israel.
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