Genesis 23:14

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Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

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Canaan in the Patriarchal AgeCanaan during the patriarchal period, before the Israelite conquest.

The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

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Hebron, near Mamre in Canaan, was where Abraham lived and where Sarah died. Machpelah was a nearby burial site that Abraham sought to purchase from Ephron, making it the family tomb and a concrete foothold in the land God had promised his descendants.

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Genesis 23:14 mentions Canaan, Hebron, Machpelah and Mamre.

Photo of Hebron — Hebron · Dr. Avishai Teicher