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. Genesis 23:9, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:23; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 49:30, Genesis 1:49; Genesis 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.