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Canaan 3780 years ago. Sarah died at Hebron, and 

 Abraham then bought from Ephron, the Hittite, the cave 

 of Machpelah, to serve as a family tomb. Jacob gave 

 commandment to his sons, " Bury me with my fathers 

 in the cave that is in the field of Ephron, the Ilittite. 

 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There 

 they buried Isaac and Kebekah his wife, and there I 

 buried Leah." And his sons did unto him according as 

 he commanded them, and buried him in the cave of 

 Machpelah. The massive walls of the harem or mosque, 

 within which the cave lies, forms the most remarkable 

 object in the whole city. Hebron now contains about 

 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty familie's are Jews. 

 It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley, sur- 

 rounded by rocky hills. 



" THE POOL OF SILOAM " is one of the few undisputed 

 localities in Jerusalem, still retaining its old name. It 

 is of no considerable size, being eighteen feet broad and 

 nineteen deep. It is, however, never full, having in it 

 usually about four feet of water. It is a complete ruin. 

 It was to this pool that our Lord sent the blind man, 

 after he had anointed his eyes with clay. It was to 

 Siloam that the Levite was sent with the golden pitcher 

 on the last day of the feast of Tabernacles, and from it 

 he brought the water which was then poured over the 

 sacrifice, in remembrance of the water that flowed from 

 the rock Eephidim. 



GENESARET, OR SEA OF GALILEE. This view exhibits 

 a portion of that large inland sea through which the 

 Jordan flows from north to south. It is some thirteen 

 miles long and six broad, and is remarkable for the low- 

 ness of the basin in which it lies, being about seven 

 hundred feet below the level of the ocean. No less than 



