Hebron is twenty miles south of Jerusalem a place of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians
and Muslims, the burial-place of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their wives together burial-place of Joseph.
In Genesis 23, Abraham obtains the cave of Macpelah from Ephron the Hittite: “I
give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it; in the presence of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.” Sarah was the first to be buried. Herod the Great 37-4 BC built an imposing wall about the cave.
For seven years King David made Hebron his capital.
Entrance to cave
The tomb of Abraham
Tomb of Sarah
Tomb of Isaac
Ceiling of the Cave of Machpelah
The tombs of Isaac and Rebbecca
