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Machpelah

Now Cave of the Patriarchs.

location: likely

Named in 6 tagged verses in 1 book, first at Genesis 23:9.

Kind
Settlement
Coordinates
31.52° N, 35.11° E
Nearest
Kiriath-arba 0.2 km
People
7 people
Events
1 event
Tagged in
6 verses

Map

Machpelah is the filled marker at the centre; the 10 nearest places with a page are around it. The position follows OpenBible.info, which grades it a likely location.

People

People named in the same verses as Machpelah, most often first.

Events

1 event told in verses that name Machpelah, in the order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. 1688 BCDeath of Jacob1 shared verse

Mentions

6 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Genesis6

Counts are verses tagged with this place in Theographic. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 6 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis6 verses
  1. 23:9

    to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”

  2. 23:17

    So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over

  3. 23:19

    After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

  4. 25:9

    His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

  5. 49:30

    The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

  6. 50:13

    They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

Nearby

The 10 places with a page nearest to Machpelah, by straight-line distance.

  1. Kiriath-arba0.2 km
  2. Hebron0.8 km
  3. Sirah2.2 km
  4. Mamre3.6 km
  5. Beth-anoth4.4 km
  6. Kain5.0 km
  7. Janim5.2 km
  8. Halhul5.9 km
  9. Ziph6.0 km
  10. Beth-tappuah6.3 km