8. February 16, 2022 Cover image: J. James Tissot, 1836-1902 a happy covenantal marriage relationship is often used in scripture as a model of the covenant relationship between God and His people. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dwelt here, and it was here that Abraham bought a tomb - the Cave of Machpelah. 1Ch 23:9 3. [2] However, Yitzhak Magen, the last to excavate the site, claims that findings previously attributed to the biblical time of the Kings during the Iron Age, and the Hellenistic Hasmoneans, are in fact of far newer date, Byzantine or later.[21]. Geological Origin: The Nile originated Hosea 9:6 - For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles. 2. Photo: Michael C. Luddeni. Times of Joshua and Judges: The spies visited Hebron and near there cut the cluster of grapes (Nu 13:22 f). Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. A city in Samaria (Gen. 33:18), called also Sichem (12:6), Sychem (Acts 7:16). Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Jews, Christians and Pagans made sacrifices on the site, burning animals, and the tree was considered immune to the flames of the sacrifices. It has been traced upward for about 2700 miles, measured by its course, not in a direct line, and its extent is probably over 1000 miles more. Geneva Study Bible And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and {a} Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. Abraham is originally called by the name of Abram which means "father of a multitude" but later God changed his name to Abraham which means "father of many nations". 2. Near the city the Law was promulgated (Dt 27:11; Josh 8:33). The Blue Nile rises in the highlands of Abyssinia, latitude 12 degree 30' North, long. New Testament Overview - General survey of the New Testament. fol, 91. (Gen. 11:31; Acts 7:2-4). WebMAMRE mm r ( , LXX , meaning unknown) (1) A friend of Abraham. It lies in the beautiful Valley of Shechem, which is about 500 yards wide, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. It is represented by the modern Beitin, a village of some 400 inhabitants, which stands on a knoll East of the road to Nablus. 1. The city of Dan was located in the north between Hazor and Damascus.10. (b) Bunting's Travels, p. 57. During his stay at this place Ishmael was born (Gen. 16: 1-16) and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed (Gen. 18:1 - 19:38)13. Josiah, as foretold, defiled the altar with dead men's bones, but disturbed not the sepulchre of the prophet of Judab when he discerned its title. Nile River in Easton's Bible Dictionary dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., "the black stream" (Isa. Its length measured by its course is probably 3,700 miles, the longest in the world. (2) An Amorite chief, owner of the "oaks" mentioned above (Genesis 14:13, 14).E. It became a Levitical city and a city of refuge (20:7; 21:11). There is much history in this place (Joshua 24:1, Judges 9:6, 1 Kings 12:1).5. "The stream (nachal) of Egypt" seems distinct (Isaiah 27:12), now "wady el Arish" (where was the frontier city Rhino-corura) on the confines of Israel and Egypt (Joshua 15:4; Joshua 15:47, where for "river" should stand "stream," nachal)). Probably too "the strange gods" or "the gods of the stranger" were those carried away by Jacob's sons from Shechem among the spoils (Genesis 35:2; Genesis 34:26-29). A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher Jos 19:28 -2. The city, near the place, then bore the Canaanite name Luz. At this enclosure, too, Jewish women and children were sold at auction after the suppression of the revolt of Bar Cochba. It consists of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise in the Victoria Nyanza, and the Blue Nile, which rises in the Abyssinian Mountains. 3. Now El Khalil, the house of "the friend" of God. See additional meanings and similar words. A city of ancient Palestine possibly located south of the Dead Sea. The enclosing walls are made of extremely fine and massive masonry and are 6 ft. thick; the stones are very well laid and the jointing is very fine, but the building was evidently never completed. Netzer, Ehud and Laureys-Chachy, Rachel (2006). 1 Kings 8:65 "stream" (nachal, not "river".) When his end was approaching Joshua gathered the tribes of Israel here and addressed to them his final words of counsel and exhortation (chapter 24). Ramat el-Khalil Research and analysis This is still held by the Jews to be the Oak of Mamre. (3.) "[1], The Palestinian authorities have made the site accessible to visitors under the name Haram Ramat Al Khalil. Ur in Easton's Bible Dictionary light, or the moon city, a city "of the Chaldees," the birthplace of Haran (Gen. 11:28,31), the largest city of Shinar or northern Chaldea, and the principal commercial centre of the country as well as the centre of political power. I. If he left Ur at all, it was the most natural place to which to go. Abraham's native place Ge 11:27,28 Abraham leaves Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ne 9:7 -2. WebPaste/type URL of page to map: Paste/type Bible reference to map: The story of the destruction of Sodom, which properly encompasses Perakim 18 and 19 in Genesis, opens with a scene as famous as it is difficult. And he said, Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.2 Kings 23:17 - Then he said, What title [is] that that I see? --Bartlett. Haran seems to have shared in the rebellion of Assur (763 BC, the year of the solar eclipse, June 15). After the overthrow of Israel, the king of Assyria sent one of the Israelite priests to settle at Bethel, and teach the new settlers from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, "the manner of the god of the land," and "how they should fear Jehovah" (2 Kings 17:27- 28). The same witness is still more decisively borne by the worship paid in it to the Babylonian moon-god and by its ancient temple of Sin. Whatever the origin of the veneration paid to this terebinth-now long centuries dead and gone-early Christian tradition associated it with Abraham and located Mamre here. When David became king of Judah this was his royal residence, and he resided here for seven and a half years (2 Sam. of God, and this is the modern name of Hebron. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.Joshua 16:1 - And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,Genesis 28:19 - And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.Amos 7:10 - Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.Amos 7:13 - But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.Joshua 8:9 - Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.Amos 3:14 - That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.Jeremiah 48:13 - And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.1 Samuel 7:16 - And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.2 Kings 23:19 - And all the houses also of the high places that [were] in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.Genesis 35:1 - And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.1 Kings 13:32 - For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which [are] in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.Judges 4:5 - And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.2 Kings 2:3 - And the sons of the prophets that [were] at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? (1.) (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) (Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use), Map of the World of Abram the First Hebrew. Jud 1:22,23 After the conquest Bethel is frequently heard of. Ge 15:18 We cannot as yet determine the length of the Nile, although recent discoveries have narrowed the question. Father of Lot and brother of Abraham Ge 11:26-31 -2. It stood near the mouth of the Euphrates, on its western bank, and is represented by the mounds (of bricks cemented by bitumen) of el-Mugheir, i.e., "the bitumined," or "the town of bitumen," now 150 miles from the sea and some 6 miles from the Euphrates, a little above the point where it receives the Shat el-Hie, an affluent from the Tigris. Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:28, 29). We also know that the Dead Sea level in the time of Abraham (MB2) 2. The Bible also mentions that Abraham paid him 1/10th of all his spoils from the war as a "tithe". 4. Shechem was for a time Ephraim's civil capital. The Making of Egypt 4. The capital of the Northern Kingdom was moved, however, first to Tirzah and then to Samaria, and Shechem declined in political importance. WebThe definition of Sodomy is anal sex, especially between men. ( (z) De loc. The site is a possible one, but, beyond this, the name has not much to commend it.Tradition has centered round three different sites at various periods:(1) The modern tradition points to a magnificent oak (Quercus ilex, Arabic Sindian), 1 1/2 miles West-Northwest of the modern city, as the terebinth of Abraham; its trunk has a girth of 32 ft. I. They dwelt here until after the death of his father Terah, and in Haran the Lord called Abraham again (Gen. 12:1-4; Acts 7:4). Constantine suppressed these "superstitions," and built a church in the neighborhood, probably the so-called "Abraham's house," Beit Ibrahim of today. The Nile god is painted red to represent the inundation, but blue at other times. it came upon us suddenly like a scene of fairy enchantment. [18] It has been noted that Hebron and Mamre were located in Idumaean territory, that both Jews and Idumaeans regarded Abraham as their common ancestor, and that Herod came from an Idumaean family that had only recently converted to Judaism. . It was on the caravan route between the east and west. Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. A magnificent terebinth which stood there was pointed out as that of Abraham. [27][dubious discuss], Josephus (37c. Haran in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) It was the favorite home of Abraham. 7:16). (Ishmael is now about 13 or 14 years old) GEERAR TO BETHSHEBA n Genesis 27:27-34 n Covenant with Amimelech BEERSHEBA TO MT. On the E. of Gerizim and Ebal the flue plain of Mukhna stretches from N. to S. Here first in Canaan God appeared to Abraham (Genesis 12:6), and here he pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak or terebinth (not "plain") of Moreh; here too Jacob re-entered the promised land (Genesis 33:18- 19), and "bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent," from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, and bequeathed it subsequently to Joseph (Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:32; John 4:5); a dwelling place, whereas Abraham's only purchase was a burial place. This description of general location, really narrows the field of possible locations. Eupolemos (in Eusebius, Praep. According to Jericke among others, Persian and Hellenistic Mamre was located at Khirbet Nimra, 1 km north of modern Hebron, where a pagan tree cult predated the composition of the biblical Abraham narrative. It was a seat of the worship of Sin, the moon-god, from very ancient times. 91. It was the Orchoe of the Greeks, and probably the Ereck of Holy Scripture. It was about 12 miles N. of Jerusalem. The Nile in Physical Geography. 2Ch 13:19 Elijah visited Bethel, and we hear of "sons of the prophets" as resident there. 33 degree East (more exactly the Nile may be said to rise at the headwaters of the Ragera River, a small stream on the other side of the lake, 3 degree South of the equator), and flows North in a tortuous channel, 1,400 miles to its junction with the Blue Nile. In Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). The city is some 20 miles South of Jerusalem, situated in an open valley, 3,040 ft. above sea-level. History of the City. Late travellers have found its source in Lake Victoria Nyanza, three degrees south of the equator. 2:46) by his concubine Ephah.Haran in Fausset's Bible Dictionary HARAN was Terah's firstborn son, oldest brother of Abram (who is named first in Genesis 11:27, because heir of the promises), father of Lot, and Milcah who married her uncle Nahor, and Iscah or Sarai who married her uncle Abram, being "daughter (i.e. A Levite 1Ch 23:9 -4. WebThe fate of Sodom and Gomorrah is used as a warning to those who reject the gospel ( Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:24 2 Peter 2:6 Jude 1:7 ). That Terah should have migrated from Ur to Harran, therefore, ceases to be extraordinary. The Nile is also the principal river included in the phrase nahare kush, "rivers of Ethiopia" (Isa 18:1). WebSodom synonyms, Sodom pronunciation, Sodom translation, English dictionary definition of Sodom. A town in southern Judah (Joshua 12:16; 1 Samuel 30:27). the last. Lot and all the people with them were rescued including their belongings (Gen. 14:15, 16).11. 1. 1Ch 2:46 4. WebThis place was about six miles from Mamre (b), from whence Abraham removed. See more. Hebron was called for a time also Mamre, from Abram's ally (Genesis 23:19; Genesis 35:27). The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of Abyssinia and is the chief source of the deposit which the Nile brings to Egypt. fol. Map showing the locations of Sodom, Bethel, where Lot parted from Abraham, and the Oaks of Mamre (click image to enlarge) THE DESTRUCTION of Sodom and Gomorrah was not about alternative lifestylesand yes, it really happened. (4.) It was David's first capital. etc.) (Ishmael is now about 13 or 14 years old) GEERAR TO BETHSHEBA n Genesis 27:27-34 n Covenant with Amimelech BEERSHEBA TO MT. "Two, physical features must have secured Orfah, from the earliest times, as a nucleus for the civilization of those regions. A city of ancient Palestine possibly located south of the Dead Sea. 1Ki 16:34 3. This, say some, is the very tree beneath which Abraham pitched his tent, and it still bears the name of the patriarch. A place in Central Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. The king of Sodom also came out to meet Abraham at the same place (Gen. 14:17-21).12. February 16, 2022 Cover image: J. James Tissot, 1836-1902 a happy covenantal marriage relationship is often used in scripture as a model of the covenant relationship between God and His people. Large Map of the Roman Empire in the Early First Century - Click around on the Places. The worship of Jehovah and of the calves had been all along strangely blended. B. to Cairo. (y) De loc. Gen. 28:18; 31:44-48; Ex. It lay in the rich plain of the Mukhna, and its value was increased by the well Jacob dug there. ; the King James Version gives "Sichem" in Gen 12:6; and "Sychem" in Acts 7:16): 1. Near it was the oak or terebinth, a place of pagan worship. 8:30-35.) Shechem or Sichem was the first place where Abraham came to in Canaan. Abraham and his nephew Lot had departed Haran and followed the leading of the Lord. Hebron now contains about 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty families are Jews. As for the distance from Tall el-Hammam to Zoar at the confluence of the Arnon with the Dead Seait is 27 miles, not over 40 miles as Schlegel states. 1926.) 35 degree East, and flows Northwest 850 miles to its junction with the White North. Ancestor of the Shechemites Nu 26:31; Jos 17:2 -5. In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). "Jacob called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city was called Luz at the first" (Joshua 16:1-2). Shihor, "the black river," is its other Bible name, Greek Melas or Kmelas, Latin Melo, darkened by the fertilizing soil which it deposits at its overflow (Jeremiah 2:18). See Bartlett's "Egypt and Israel," 1879. [1] He reported, indicating a slightly erroneous location in relation to the Tombs of the Patriarchs: A mile to the north of the Tombs that have been described above, is the very grassy and flowery hill of Mambre, looking towards Hebron, which lies to the south of it. 7:32). The naming of Bethel Jacob repeated more publicly on his return home, 20 years later, with his family purified of idols, when God again appeared to him, and confirmed his change of name to Israel (Genesis 35:1-15; Genesis 32:28). 8. One of Jeroboam's two sanctuaries for the calf worship, selected doubtless because of its religious associations (1 Kings 12-13). 24:4; Josh. The feast is celebrated by a very big congregation of Jews, since they boast of Abraham as their forefather, of heathens since angels came there, of Christians since he who should be born from the Virgin for the salvation of humankind appeared there to that pious man. Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. In one corner is a well-Bir el-Khalil-lined with beautiful ashlar masonry, cut to the curve of the circumference.It is probable that this enclosure surrounded a magnificent terebinth; if so, it was at this spot that before the days of Constantine a great annual fair was held, attended by Jews, Christians and heathen who united a pay honor to the sacred tree, while the well was on the same occasion illuminated, and offerings were made to it. In the article Where Is Sodom? archaeologist Steven Collins, using clues from the Biblical geography of Genesis 13 together with archaeological evidence from the site of Tall el-Hammam (pictured), argues that Biblical tradition located Sodom in a fertile area northeast of the Dead Sea. fol. But in opposition to the most ancient traditions, many modern writers have fixed the site of Ur at a very different position, viz. De 27:11; Jos 24:23-25 it was here Joshua assembled the people, shortly before his death, and deliveredShechem in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE she'-kem (shekhem, "shoulder"; Suchem, he Sikima, ta Sikima, etc. But "Hebron would appear to have been the original name of the city, and it was not till after Abraham's stay there that it received the name Kirjath-arba, who [i.e., Arba] was not the founder but the conqueror of the city, having led thither the tribe of the Anakim, to which he belonged. Stanley says it is "the most beautiful, perhaps the only very beautiful, spot in Central Israel." One of Samson's exploits was the carrying of the gate of Gaza "to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron" (Jdg 16:3). The Lord appeared to Abraham again and confirmed his promises, and It was here at Shechem that Abraham built the first altar to the Lord (Gen. 12:6, 7). [33], The place is presently called the Terebinth, and is situated at the distance of fifteen stadia from Hebron, . Ge 11:28 2. The ruins lie on both sides of the stream, and include those of a very ancient castle, built of great basaltic blocks, with square columns, 8 ft. thick, which support an arched roof some 30 ft. in height. In the time of the kings we find that the city was once more a gathering-place of the nation. Web1 . Its bed is cut through layers of nummulitic limestone (of which the pyramids of Ghizeh are built, full of nummulites, which the Arabs call "Pharaoh's beans"), sandstone under that, breccia verde under that, azoic rocks still lower, with red granite and syenite rising through all the upper strataNile River in Naves Topical Bible Called THE RIVER Isa 11:15; 19:5-10; Eze 29:4; Am 8:8 -Called SIHOR Isa 23:3; Jer 2:18Nile River in Smiths Bible Dictionary (blue, dark), the great river of Egypt. One is a high-crested crag, the natural fortifications of the crested citadel.The other is an abundant spring, issuing in a pool of transparent clearness, and embosomed in a mass of luxuriant verdure, which, amidst the dull brown desert all around, makes and must always have made, this spot an oasis, a paradise, in the Chaldaean wilderness. It lay South of Shiloh (Jdg 21:19). Indeed it is not named again in the history of the monarchy. Webn Made intercession for Sodom Genesis 18:23-32 HEBRON YO GERAR n About 40 miles distance n Isaac was born to Abraham, now 100 years old. Genesis 1819. I. 1. [18] This was part of Herod's upgrade of Hebron as a cult centre dedicated to the patriarch Abraham, by erecting two shrines: one at his tomb, and one at a site he connected to Abraham's place of residence, where the patriarch dined under a tree together with the three men. The valley runs from north to south, and the main quarter of the town, surmounted by the lofty walls of the great mosque, lies partly on the eastern slope. Very many go there for the sake of business, some to sell and some to buy. Here also he raised an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel, "God, the God of Israel" (Gen 33:20). THE NILE IN HISTORY 1. For two centuries it was the capital, and always was held sacred. Jotham's parable as to the trees, the vine, the fig, and the bramble, were most appropriateShechem in Hitchcock's Bible Names part; portion; back early in the morningShechem in Naves Topical Bible 1. WebSodom synonyms, Sodom pronunciation, Sodom translation, English dictionary definition of Sodom. ( (a) Apud Syncell. 16:1; 1 Sam. [2] Greenberg & Keinan, summarising previous dig reports, list the outstanding components of the site as being a large Roman-era enclosure, a Byzantine church, and a Crusader church. It was called by the Romans Neapolis, and the Arabs have corrupted this into Nabulus, its modern name. Lot chose the warm climate and lush plains of the Jordan Valley and pitched his tent toward Sodom, and Abraham left the desirable Sodom and Gomorrah and sojourned at Hebron in Mamre where he heard again from the Lord and built an altar (Gen. 13:10-18). He then arrived at Shechem where he built an altar to the Lord who appeared to him. Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19; 1Ch 6:2,18; 23:12 He was the founder of a family of Hebronites, Nu 3:27; 26:58; 1Ch 26:23,30,31, or Bene-Hebron. This prompted Emperor Constantine the Great to unsuccessfully attempt at putting a stop to this practice by erecting a Christian basilica there. It was ordered by God that the votaries of the calf worship at Bethel never dared to violate the sepulchre and title of the prophet who denounced their idol. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley running from N. to S. (probably that of Eshcol, whence the spies got the great cluster of grapes, Numbers 13:23), surrounded by rocky hills, still famed for fine grapes. I. This mercatus (Heb. The Infiltration II. WebThe difference of level between the northern and southern ends of the lake, the one according to Lynch being 1300 feet, and the other not more than 16 feet, seems to favor the idea that the latter is of recent formation, having been, in fact, submerged at the time of the overthrow of the cities. WebKhirbet Nimra: Persian and Hellenistic Mamre. In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. The one site which has a claim on grounds other than tradition is that called Khirbet and `Ain Nimreh (literally, the "ruin" and "spring" of "the leopard"), about 1/2 mile North-Northwest of modern Hebron. [20] Greenberg & Keinan are listing the main periods of settlement as: Early Roman, Late Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader, with less substantial findings from the Iron Age IIc and the Hellenistic period. It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. Later God appeared to Abram and promised him that if he would leave his country and journey to a land that he has never seen, God would make of his descendants a great nation and through them the Savior of the world would come, through his "seed." Ev. Bethel. It reads: "Ur-Ba'u, king of Ur, who built the temple of the moon-god." 3. The charge to "be clean and change garments" may have respect to the recent slaughter of the Shechemites, which polluted those who took part in it (Blunt, Undesigned Coincidences). Day in Mamre; Night in Sodom: Part 2 What was the Sin of Sodom? Among the ruins which are now seen at the spot are the remains of one of the great temples, of a model similar to that of Babel, dedicated to the moon, to whom the city was sacred. Here the ark of the covenant was kept for a long time under the care of Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron (20:26-28). At the western end is another, 85 ft. long by 55 broad. It was one of Samuel's towns of circuit for judging (1 Samuel 7:16). It was doubtless by this oak that Jacob, on his return from Paddan-aram, buried "the strange (the American Standard Revised Version "foreign") gods" (Gen 35:4). [29][34], The 1957 plan and reconstruction of the site made after the excavation performed by German scholar A. E. Mader in 1926-1928, shows the Constantinian basilica along the eastern wall of the Haram Ramet el-Khalil enclosure, with a well, altar, and tree in the unroofed western part of the enclosure. Our collection of maps are simple and they are free. It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." Hence the prophet Hosea (Hos. As for the distance from Tall el-Hammam to Zoar at the confluence of the Arnon with the Dead Seait is 27 miles, not over 40 miles as Schlegel states. Patriarchal Period: Abram came and dwelt by the oaks of MAMRE (which see), "which are in Hebron" Gen (13:18); from here he went to the rescue of Lot and brought him back after the defeat of Chedorlaomer (14:13 f); here his name was changed to Abraham (17:5); to this place came the three angels with the promise of a son (18:1 f); Sarah died here (23:2), and for her sepulcher Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah (23:17); here Isaac and Jacob spent much of their lives (35:27; 37:14); from here Jacob sent Joseph to seek his brethren (37:14), and hence, Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt (46:1). Photo: Michael C. Luddeni. 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