Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; (which Arba was) the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan.