Hebron 근처 지역으로,
Abraham 이 하나님이 가나안 땅을 주실 것을 믿음으로 받고 가족의 매장지로 구입한 곳이다.
고대 근동지방에서는 가족의 매장지는 단순히 무덤 이상의 의미가 있다. 바로 가문 대대로 근거지가 된다는 의미로 아브라함은 이 가나안 땅을 하나님이 반드시 주실 것이라는 믿음으로 막벨라 굴을 구입한 것이다. 그로 인해 [[아브라함],
Isaac ,
Rebekah ,
Leah ,
야곱 모두 다 여기에 매장되었다.
that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah , which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him sell it to me among you as a possession for a burial place.”
17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah , which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
18 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah , in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre,
30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah , which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
31 for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah , which Abraham bought with the field, as a possession for a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.