1. The Friend of God Lesson 12
LIFE OF ABRAHAM
The Friend of God
Lesson 12

2. LIFE OF ABRAHAM The Death and Burial of Sarah
Abraham Arranges the Marriage of Isaac
The Death of Abraham

3. Abraham in Canaan Shechem Bethel
13:18 Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord.
Salem Or
Jerusalem
Lot’s
Choice
Hebron
Beersheba
Sodom

4. Hebron

5. Cave of Machpelah (Tomb of Patriarchs) in Hebron
The Machpelah: Tomb of the Patriarchs
Genesis 23 records the purchase by Abraham of a plot of ground in Hebron for a burial cave for his wife Sarah.
Later Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Leah were all buried here.
Herod the Great apparently built the enclosure (haram) around the cave to remember the patriarchs’ tomb.
“A variety of evidence indicates the presence of several shaft tombs, dating to the Middle Bronze Age I and perhaps also the Iron Age, beneath the Haram and in its environs….No systematic examination of the remains under the building has ever been possible” (Ofer 1993: 607).
Cave of Machpelah (Tomb of Patriarchs) in Hebron

6. Josh 24:2 – Served other gods
The Line of Abraham
Josh 24:2 – Served other gods

7. Be prepared for a Simple Review Exercise
For Lesson 13 on Sunday
Re-read Genesis 11-25
Be prepared for a Simple Review Exercise