It is interesting, however, to note this ancient tree standing approximately at the point where Abraham is supposed to have resided in his tent.

Here it was that Abraham prepared refreshments for his distinguished visitors; and "he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat".

Here it was that the messenger of Jehovah told Abraham that he and his wife Sarah would be given a son .-- Genesis 18:1-14.
[96]In due time a son was born unto Abraham and Sarah and his name was called Isaac.

(Genesis 21:1-3) Afterward, when the son Isaac had grown up, Jehovah put Abraham to a great test, and in doing so he made a picture which foreshadowed the redemption of the human race.

This record appears in the twenty-second chapter of Genesis.