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Machpelah. [Machpe'lah]


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; Gen. 25: 9; Gen. 49: 30, 31; Gen. 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.