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# After this
"After he bought the field"
# the cave of the field
"the cave in the field"
# the field of Machpelah
"the field in Machpelah"
# that is, [Hebron](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hebron)
Possible meanings are 1) Mamre was another name for [Hebron](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hebron) or 2) [Hebron](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hebron) was formerly called Mamre or 3) Mamre was very near the larger city of [Hebron](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hebron), so people usually called it [Hebron](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hebron).