Genesis 23:8

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He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

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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, in the land of Canaan near Mamre, was where Abraham lived as a resident alien and where Sarah had died. Machpelah was a nearby field and cave owned by Ephron the Hittite; Abraham sought it as a burial place, marking his first permanent landholding in the promised land.

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Genesis 23:8 mentions Canaan, Hebron, Machpelah and Mamre.

Photo of Hebron — Hebron · Dr. Avishai Teicher