Genesis 23:2

23:2 Then she ¹  died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. ² 

Genesis 35:27

35:27 So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, ³  to Kiriath Arba ⁴  (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. ⁵ 

Genesis 37:14

37:14 So Jacob ⁶  said to him, “Go now and check on ⁷  the welfare ⁸  of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word.” So Jacob ⁹  sent him from the valley of Hebron.

Numbers 13:22

13:22 When they went up through the Negev, they ¹⁰  came ¹¹  to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, ¹²  descendants of Anak, were living. (Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan ¹³  in Egypt.)

Joshua 14:13

14:13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “Sarah.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“she”) for stylistic reasons.

² sn Mourn…weep. The description here is of standard mourning rites (see K. A. Kitchen, NBD³ 149-50). They would have been carried out in the presence of the corpse, probably in Sarah’s tent. So Abraham came in to mourn; then he rose up to go and bury his dead (v. 3).

³ tn This is an adverbial accusative of location.

⁴ tn The name “Kiriath Arba” is in apposition to the preceding name, “Mamre.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew verb גּוּר (gur), traditionally rendered “to sojourn,” refers to temporary settlement without ownership rights.

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “see.”

⁸ tn Heb “peace.”

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tc The MT has the singular, but the ancient versions and Smr have the plural.

¹¹ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the following clause. The first verse gave the account of their journey over the whole land; this section focuses on what happened in the area of Hebron, which would be the basis for the false report.

¹² sn These names are thought to be three clans that were in the Hebron area (see Josh 15:14; Judg 1:20). To call them descendants of Anak is usually taken to mean that they were large or tall people (2 Sam 21:18-22). They were ultimately driven out by Caleb.

¹³ sn The text now provides a brief historical aside for the readers. Zoan was probably the city of Tanis, although that is disputed today by some scholars. It was known in Egypt in the New Kingdom as “the fields of Tanis,” which corresponded to the “fields of Zoar” in the Hebrew Bible (Ps 78:12, 43).

¹⁴ tn Heb “Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.”