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    Machpelah

    מַכְפֵּלָה

    Machpelah, a cave near Hebron purchased by Abraham as a burial place for Sarah and later used for other patriarchs (Genesis 23:9, 17-19).

    Where the story of Machpelah happensWhere the gazetteer locates Machpelah, framed to them: Machpelah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Machpelah
    Where the gazetteer locates Machpelah
    verses
    6
    first named
    Genesis 23:9
    last named
    Genesis 50:13
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.52°N · 35.11°E
    settlement31.52°N · 35.11°E

    Cave of the Patriarchs (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Machpelah in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Machpelah was a cave located near Hebron in Canaan, which Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place for his wife Sarah (Genesis 23:9, 17-19). The field and the cave were deeded to Abraham as a possession for a burying place (Genesis 23:20). Abraham himself was later buried in the cave of Machpelah by his sons Isaac and Ishmael (Genesis 25:9-10). The cave also became the burial place for Isaac, Rebekah, and Leah (Genesis 49:30-31), as well as Israel (or 'Jacob') (Genesis 50:13). The cave of Machpelah served as a significant burial site for the patriarchs and their wives, and it represented the Israelites' connection to the land of Canaan.

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 1 book.

    1. Genesis6 verses

      23:923:1723:1925:949:3050:13

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Isaac and Ishmael’s burial of Abraham and Abraham’s burial of Sarah, and 2 moreAbrahamPatriarch, chosen by God to father His peoplevia Isaac and Ishmael’s burial of Abraham and Abraham’s burial of Sarah, and 1 moreBurialBurial is a concept gathering 96 labelled instances in the text.via Heth and Ephron’s giving and Selling MachpelahEphronA Hittite who sold a burial site to Abraham.via Heth and Ephron’s giving and Selling MachpelahHethSon of Canaan and ancestor of the Hittites.via Isaac and Ishmael’s burial of Abraham and Abraham’s burial of SarahMamreA place near Hebron; associated with Abrahamvia Isaac and Ishmael’s burial of Abraham and Abraham’s burial of SarahSarahWife of Abraham; mother of Isaacvia CaveJacob CaveJacob Cave is a place attested across 4 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Joseph and Joseph Brothers’ burial of Israel and FatherIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Joseph and Joseph Brothers’ burial of Israel and FatherJosephSon of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

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