Genesis 23:9
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burial plot among you.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

The Patriarchs.
... When Abraham bought the Cave of Machpelah for a, burial-place, it was in ... of rocks
and precipices, and in these the Edomites hollowed out caves for themselves ...
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The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... The caves noticed by Hedenborg at Ant-Elias, near Tripoli, and by Botta at Nahr
el-Kelb, and at Adlun by the Duc de Luynes, have been successively explored by ...
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Caves

Caves were Used as Burial Places

Caves were Used as Dwelling-Places

Caves were Used as Haunts of Robbers

Caves were Used as Hiding Placed of Wild Beasts

Caves were Used as Places of Concealment

Caves were Used as Resting Places

Caves: Adullam

Caves: Afford No Protection from the Judgments of God

Caves: Artificial

Caves: Engedi

Caves: Found in The: Open Fields

Caves: Found in The: Rocks

Caves: Machpelah

Caves: Makkedah

Caves: Natural

Caves: Often Capacious

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