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Machpelah
[ mak-pee-lah ]
noun
- the site of a cave, probably in the ancient city of Hebron, where Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and Leah were buried. Genesis 23:19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13.
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The sepulchre of Machpelah was the sole possession in the land of his adoption which he could bequeath to his descendants.
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The sanctuary of the Holy Land derived its sacredness, as well as the charter of its inheritance, from the cave of Machpelah.
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This well is like the Cave of Machpelah,—accepted by all as authentic beyond question.
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Intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, in the end his field.
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The most conspicuous building is the Haram built over the supposed site of the cave of Machpelah.
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