According to the Book of Genesis (Bereshith), subsequent to the death of Sarah, first Matriarch of Israel, Abraham purchases the Cave of the Machpelah, the Me’arat ha–Machpelah (“the Cave of the Couples”) in the city of Hebron (in the current–day West Bank) as a burial chamber for his family.
All three Patriarchs and three of the four Matriarchs are buried here. The fourth Matriarch, Rachel, beloved wife of Jacob, is buried on the “Ephrath–BethLehem” (Bethlehem) roadside, outside the current Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.
The Patriarchs are: Abraham, his son Isaac, and his grandson Jacob (Israel).
The Matriarchs are their primary wives: Sarah (wife of Abraham); Rebekah (wife of Isaac); and Leah and Rachel (wives of Jacob).
Hagar, handmaiden given by Sarah to Abraham, bears him Ishmael, who becomes the progenitor of the Arab world.
Jacob’s fraternal twin, Esau, emerges as the progenitor of the Edomites.