Cave of the Patriarchs
Machpelah is a name given to numerous cemeteries in the United States. The Cave of the Patriarchs or the Cave of Machpelah (Hebrew: מערת המכפלה, "Me'arat HaMachpela", Trans. "Doubled Cave") is a cave-within-a-cave located in Hebron, Israel, that Biblical tradition ascribes the status of the burial tomb for Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their wives.