Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Acquisition of a burial place for the dead

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A motif of the Heroic Funeral Rites and Memorialization family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


jewish christian

  • Genesis Footnotes / Chapter 22 / Footnotes / Chapter 23; lines 1333-1377 confidence: high

    Sarah lives one hundred twenty-seven years, dies in Kiriath Arba/Hebron in Canaan, and Abraham comes to mourn and weep for her.

    Sarah dies, Abraham requests a burying-place, purchases the field and cave of Machpelah, and buries her there.

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