![]() ![]() ![]() Jacob died later at the age of 147 years. (Genesis 35:28–29) As noted above, Isaac was 60 when they were born, so they were 120 years old here, which is 10 years before Jacob, at the age of 130, stood before Pharaoh in Genesis 47:9. Isaac was 180 years old when he died, and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. Genesis 25:9 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 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. The title deed to the cave was part of the property of Abraham that passed to his son Isaac in Genesis 25:5–6. ![]() The next burial in the cave of Machpelah is that of Abraham, who lived "an hundred threescore and fifteen years" – 100 years unto the birth of Isaac, and threescore (60) more years unto the births of Esau and Jacob, with whom he spent his last 15 years. The burial of Sarah is the first account of a burial in the Bible, and this is the first commercial transaction mentioned. 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 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. Genesis 23:16 ¶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. (verse 9) After Ephron confirmed that he would give the cave, in verse 11, Abraham further requested that he give him the field for money, in verse 13. Abraham then requested that Ephron the Hittite, the son of Zohar, give him the cave of Machpelah, in the end of his field, "for as much money as it is worth". And then in verse 7 he again "stood up" to speak to them. Abraham the Hebrew ( Avraham Ha-Ivri) was tending to business elsewhere when she died, at the age of 127 years, and he "came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her." (Genesis 23:2) After a while, he stood up and spoke to the "sons of Heth" and requested they give him a possession as a "burying place", and they offered him his "choice" of their sepulchres. Īccording to the Book of Genesis 23:1–20, Sarah, the wife of Abraham, "died in Kiryat-arba the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan". In Acts 7:16 of the Christian Bible the cave of the Patriarchs is located in Shechem (Latin: Neapolis Arabic: Nablus). Outside biblical and Quranic sources there are a number of legends and traditions associated with the cave. ![]() The Arabic name of the complex reflects the prominence given to Abraham, revered by Muslims as a Quranic prophet and patriarch through Ishmael. The only Jewish matriarch missing is Rachel, who is believed to be buried at Rachel's Tomb near Bethlehem. The site of the Cave of the Patriarchs is located beneath a Saladin-era mosque, which had been converted from a large rectangular Herodian-era Judean structure.ĭating back over 2,000 years, the monumental Herodian compound is believed to be the oldest continuously used intact prayer structure in the world, and is the oldest major building in the world that still fulfills its original function.The Hebrew name of the complex reflects the very old tradition of the double tombs of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah, considered the Patriarchs and Matriarchs of the Jewish people, who are all believed to be buried there. ![]()
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