Motif
ancestral burial in a cave tomb with spouse
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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.
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jewish christian
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Genesis Footnotes / Chapter 24 / Footnotes / Chapter 25; lines 1519-1591 confidence: medium
Abraham dies at age 175 and is buried by Isaac and Ishmael in the cave of Machpelah, in the field purchased from the children of Heth, where Sarah is also buried.
Abraham is buried in the cave of Machpelah in the purchased field, where Sarah his wife is also buried.
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