Hebrew Myths (2014)
“His sons Isaac and Ishmael laid him to rest beside his wife Sarah, in the Cave of Machpelah.307 (b) He had chosen this place of burial because, when the three angels visited him at Mamre, and he ran to slaughter a calf, it fled into the cave’s dark recesses. Following close behind, Abraham came upon Adam and Eve lying side by side, as though asleep; candles burned above them, and a sweet fragrance filled the air.308 (c) Not long before Abraham’s death, Isaac and Ishmael celebrated the Feast of ...First Fruits with him at Hebron, offering sacrifices on the altar he had built there. Rebekah baked cakes from newly harvested corn, and Jacob took them to Abraham who, as he ate, gave God thanks for his happy lot. He also blessed Jacob, with a warning never to marry a Canaanite woman and, at the same time, bequeathed him the house near Damascus still known as ‘Abraham’s Home’. Afterwards he lay down, clasping Jacob close and printing seven kisses on his brow; then used two of Jacob’s fingers to close his own eyes, drew a coverlet over them, stretched out straight, and died peacefully.MoreLess
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