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Ephron replies that the field is worth four hundred shekels of silver and Abraham agrees to the price without any further bargaining. [23] He then proceeded to bury his dead wife Sarah there. [24] The burial of Sarah is the first account of a burial [25] in the Bible, and Abraham's purchase of Machpelah is the first commercial transaction ...
Mamre has frequently been associated with the Cave of the Patriarchs. According to one scholar, there is considerable confusion in the Biblical narrative concerning not only Mamre, but also Machpelah, Hebron and Kiryat Arba, all four of which are aligned repeatedly. [13] In Genesis, Mamre is also identified with Hebron itself (Genesis 23:19, 25 ...
Noting that Genesis 23:2 reports that "Sarah died in Kiriat-arba," literally, "city of four," a midrash taught that the city had four names—Eshcol, Mamre, Kiriat-arba, and Hebron. midrash taught that it was called Kiriat-arba because four righteous men dwelt there—Aner, Eshcol, Mamre, and Abraham; four righteous men were circumcised there ...
Authentic “Herodian masonry” includes examples at the sites at Hebron (Elonei Mamre, [8] the Cave of Machpelah), in the Augusteum in Sebastia and possibly also in the Herodian platform at Caesarea Maritima. In Jerusalem, in addition to the Temple Mount, Herodian stones are preserved beneath the Damascus Gate.
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Rebecca was buried in the Cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan (Gen. 49:31). According to the Talmud, the Torah's explicit dating of the life of Ishmael helps to date various events in Jacob's life and, by implication, the age of Rebecca at her death.