Where the Patriarchs Sleep

Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her. Genesis 23:1-2 During my first Israel trip 10 years ago, my group visited the traditional Cave of Machpelah in Hebron. When Abraham’s wife Sarah died, he bought the cave for her burial. Upon his death, his sons buried him there, too. Two generations later it is mentioned again by Jacob: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in […]