The life of Sarah Part 2 (Gen 23:19-24:1)

19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

By the sweat of your face

you shall eat bread,

till you return to the ground,

for out of it you were taken;

for you are dust,

and to dust you shall return. GEN 3:19

9 Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,

10 the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. GEN 25:9-10

27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

28 Now the days of Isaac were 180 years.

29 And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. GEN 35:27-29

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but let me lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place.” He answered, “I will do as you have said. GEN 47:30

13 for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.

25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” GEN 50:13, 25

Isaac and Rebekah

1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

Had blessed Abraham in all things—The numerical value of the word בַּכֹּל is equal to that of בֵּן (a son). Since he had a son he had to find him a wife.

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Bava Batra 16b:10

The Gemara comments that this disagreement is parallel to a dispute between tanna’im: The law states: “And the Lord blessed Abraham in all things [bakkol]” (Gen 24:1), and the sages disagree about what bakkol means. Rabbi Meir says: The blessing is that he did not have a daughter. Rabbi Yehuda says: On the contrary, the blessing was that he had a daughter. Others say: Abraham had a daughter and her name was Bakkol. Rabbi Elazar HaModa’i says: Abraham our forefather was so knowledgeable in astrology that all the kings of the east and the west would come early to his door due to his wisdom. This is the blessing of bakkol, that he possessed knowledge that everybodyneeded. Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai says: A precious stone hung around the neck of Abraham our forefather; any sick person who looked at it would immediately be healed. When Abraham our forefather died, the holy One, blessed be he, hung this stone from the sphere of the sun, which from that point on brought healing to the sick. Abaye said: This explains the adage that people say: As the day progresses, sickness is lifted.

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Bava Batra 16b:18

Incidental to the discussion of the verse “And God blessed Abraham in all things” (Gen 24:1), the Gemara states that the sages taught: There were three people to whom the holy One, blessed be he, gave already in this world

Bava Batra 17a:1

a taste of the world-to-come. They are: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Abraham, as it is written with regard to him: “And the Lord blessed Abraham in all things” (Gen 24:1). Isaac, as it is written with regard to him: “And I ate from everything” (Gen 27:33). Jacob, as it is written with regard to him: “Because I have everything” (Gen 33:11). This teaches that already in their lifetimes they merited everything, i.e., perfection.

Bava Batra 141a:6

The Gemara asks: Which statement of Rabbi Yehuda is this referring to? If we say it is referring to the statement of Rabbi Yehuda with regard to the term “in all things [bakkol],” that is difficult. The Gemara cites Rabbi Yehuda’s statement. As it is taught in a baraita: “Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things [bakkol],” (Gen 24:1). RabbiMeir says: The blessing was that he did not have a daughter. Rabbi Yehuda says: The blessing was that he had a daughter, and her name was Bakkol. Evidently, Rabbi Yehuda understands the birth of a daughter to be a blessing. The Gemara explains the difficulty: Say that you heard Rabbi Yehuda explain that the blessing was that the merciful One did not even deprive Abraham of a daughter, in addition to his sons. Did you hear him say that a daughter is preferable to a son?

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