Genesis 23:19

Sarah's Death And Burial

¹⁸ to Abraham by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all entering the gate of his city. ¹⁹ And after this hath Abraham buried Sarah his wife at the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (which is Hebron), in the land of Canaan; ²⁰ and established are the field, and the cave which is in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth.

Land of Canaan

Abraham

Canaan

Hebron

Machpelah

Mamre

Sarah

Genesis 3:19

by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust thou turnest back.'

Genesis 25:9-10

And Isaac and Ishmael his sons bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which is before Mamre --

Genesis 35:27-29

And Jacob cometh unto Isaac his father, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned.

Genesis 47:30

and I have lain with my fathers, and thou hast borne me out of Egypt, and buried me in their burying-place.' And he saith, 'I -- I do according to thy word;'

Genesis 49:29-32

And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, 'I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite;

Genesis 50:13

and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.

Genesis 50:25

And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, 'God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this place.'

Job 30:23

For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And to the house appointed for all living.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he is the untimely birth.'

Ecclesiastes 12:5

Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.