0 Where was Jacob buried?

Where was Jacob buried?


Jacob was buried at Machpelah.

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him [Jacob] in the cave of the field of Machpelah. Genesis 50:13

Jacob was buried at Shechem.

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, and were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the sepulchre. Acts 7:15-16

(Shechem is about fifty miles north of Machpelah.)


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