“that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.”
Genesis 23:9 KJV
“..to sell me the cave he owns at Machpelah on the edge of his land. Let him sell it to me publicly and at full price, so that I may own it for a burial site.” Machpelah means “double” and everyone buried in this cave would be as one of a couple: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Leah. Death for the patriarchs was a gateway into the resurrection. This tomb was more an altar than a grave, to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Who is not a God of the dead but of the living. Jewish tradition believes that Adam and Eve were also buried in this cave. At the resurrection of Christ, there was a huge earthquake and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many. Thank God that we died with Christ and are now alive in Christ - His new covenant is a covenant of Life and not of death. Amen!
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