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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(double).
Abraham
’s
burial
cave
at
Hebron
(
Gen. 23:17-19; 25:9; 49:29-32; 50:13
17
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
18
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
19
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. (Genesis 23:17‑19)
9
And 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 before Mamre; (Genesis 25:9)
29
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
31
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32
The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. (Genesis 49:29‑32)
13
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. (Genesis 50:13)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Both a field and a cave which
Abraham
bought of the
children
of
Heth
for a burying place. It was near
Hebron
; Abraham,
Sarah
,
Isaac
,
Rebekah
,
Jacob
and
Leah
were buried there (
Gen. 23:9,17,19
9
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. (Genesis 23:9)
17
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure (Genesis 23:17)
19
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. (Genesis 23:19)
;
Gen. 25:9
9
And 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 before Mamre; (Genesis 25:9)
;
Gen. 49:30-31
30
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
31
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. (Genesis 49:30‑31)
;
Gen. 50:13
13
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. (Genesis 50:13)
). The manner in which the purchase was accomplished is exactly the way bargains are to this
day
arranged in the
East
by the Bedouins. See HEBRON.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
4375
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Makpelah
Phonic:
mak-pay-law’
Meaning:
from
3717
; a fold; Makpelah, a place in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Machpelah
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
doubling: he brought low the set apart
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
A doubling; a fold; spiral form; winding:―Abraham’s burial cave, Gen. 23:9. {Duplicatio}
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