Biblical Concept of Hell

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William Hyland. Biblical Concept of Hell

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The Ultimate Destination of Human Souls

William S. Hyland

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The first mention of a burial [קִבְרָה/ταφή] was Yahweh’s promise to Abram: “You shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.” (Genesis 15:15) The earliest recorded burial was that of Abraham’s wife, Sarah. The patriarch’s pursuit for a burial site was “that I may bury my dead out of my sight” (Genesis 23:4), indicating he did not want to see his loved one’s remains rotting and decaying. His reasoning for a burial site might well have been both concealment of ‘the remains’ to protect from predators as well as from infection, disease and decay’s stench. The means for such cover was normally completed either above or below ground but for Abraham Sarah’s protective site, it was actually in a cave. (Genesis 23:19)

Years later, Abraham’s grandson, Jacob, requested of his favorite son, Joseph:

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