Thematic Bible: Machpelah


Thematic Bible



so that he may give (sell) me the cave of Machpelah which he owns—it is at the end of his field; let him give it to me here in your presence for the full price as a burial site [which I may keep forever among you].” Verse ConceptsCavesCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahIn Men's PresenceBurying placescouples

and [from Egypt] their bodies were taken back to Shechem and placed in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfThe Cave Of Machpelah

So his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is east of Mamre, Verse ConceptsCavesCaves For BuryingCaves Used As Graves

so that he may give (sell) me the cave of Machpelah which he owns—it is at the end of his field; let him give it to me here in your presence for the full price as a burial site [which I may keep forever among you].” Verse ConceptsCavesCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahIn Men's PresenceBurying placescouples

for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite. Verse ConceptsempiresCavesTombsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahCaves Used As Graves

So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre [Hebron] -- "the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and in all its borders round about -- "was made over As a possession to Abraham in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at his city gate. After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah to the east of Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. read more.
The field and the cave in it were conveyed to Abraham for a permanent burial place by the sons of Heth.

In the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre in the land of Canaan, that Abraham bought, along with the field of Ephron the Hittite, to possess as a cemetery. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah.