Genesis 23
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Genesis 23 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recounts the death of Sarah and Abraham’s purchase of the cave of Machpelah at Hebron as a family burial site.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Genesis 23 canonical | 2 |
| field of Ephron | 1 |
| mourning of Sarah by Abraham | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T202334 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Genesis 23 Context triple: [Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave, mentionedIn, Genesis 23]
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A.
Galut
Galut is the Hebrew term for the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical scattering of Jews and the spiritual-historical condition associated with it.
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B.
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave, also known as the Cave of Machpelah, is an ancient burial site in Hebron revered in Judaism as the resting place of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs.
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C.
Bethphage
Bethphage is a small village near Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament as a key location in the events leading up to Jesus’ entry into the city.
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D.
Golgotha
Golgotha is the hill outside ancient Jerusalem traditionally identified as the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and a central location in Christian religious history.
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E.
Eglah
Eglah is a lesser-known wife of the biblical King David, mentioned among the mothers of his sons in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Genesis 23 Target entity description: Genesis 23 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recounts the death of Sarah and Abraham’s purchase of the cave of Machpelah at Hebron as a family burial site.
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A.
Galut
Galut is the Hebrew term for the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical scattering of Jews and the spiritual-historical condition associated with it.
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B.
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave, also known as the Cave of Machpelah, is an ancient burial site in Hebron revered in Judaism as the resting place of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs.
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C.
Bethphage
Bethphage is a small village near Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament as a key location in the events leading up to Jesus’ entry into the city.
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D.
Golgotha
Golgotha is the hill outside ancient Jerusalem traditionally identified as the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and a central location in Christian religious history.
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E.
Eglah
Eglah is a lesser-known wife of the biblical King David, mentioned among the mothers of his sons in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Biblical chapter ⓘ |
| associatedMatriarch | Sarah ⓘ |
| associatedPatriarch | Abraham ⓘ |
| burialOf | Sarah ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave
ⓘ
surface form:
cave of Machpelah
|
| burialPlaceLocation | before Mamre ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
canonical scripture in Christianity
ⓘ
canonical scripture in Judaism ⓘ |
| describesAbrahamAs |
foreigner
ⓘ
sojourner ⓘ |
| describesAgeOfSarah | 127 years ⓘ |
| equatesKiriathArbaWith | Hebron ⓘ |
| equatesMamreWith | Hebron ⓘ |
| follows | Genesis 22 ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
death of Sarah
ⓘ
establishment of a family burial site ⓘ Genesis 23 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
mourning of Sarah by Abraham
purchase of the cave of Machpelah ⓘ |
| languageOfComposition | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalAction | purchase of burial property ⓘ |
| legalDetail |
field and cave transferred to Abraham
ⓘ
purchase witnessed by sons of Heth ⓘ transaction conducted at city gate ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Abraham
ⓘ
Ephron the Hittite ⓘ Sarah ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Hebron
ⓘ
Canaan ⓘ
surface form:
land of Canaan
|
| mentions |
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave
ⓘ
surface form:
cave of Machpelah
field of Ephron ⓘ sons of Heth ⓘ |
| partOf |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Five Books of Moses ⓘ
surface form:
Pentateuch
Torah ⓘ |
| paymentAmount | four hundred shekels of silver ⓘ |
| paymentCurrency | silver ⓘ |
| positionInBook | 23 ⓘ |
| precedes | Genesis 24 ⓘ |
| recordsDeathPlaceOfSarah |
Jericho
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiriath-arba
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition (as part of shared patriarchal narratives) ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| theme |
covenant promise of land
ⓘ
death and burial ⓘ land ownership ⓘ negotiation and legal custom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Genesis 23 Description of subject: Genesis 23 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recounts the death of Sarah and Abraham’s purchase of the cave of Machpelah at Hebron as a family burial site.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
mourning of Sarah by Abraham
this entity surface form:
field of Ephron