The road continues from Beersheba to Hebron, home to the Cave of the Patriarchs, purchased by Abraham some 3,800 years ago and traditionally regarded as the resting place of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs.
—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
Rebekah, in the Hebrew Bible, matriarch who is the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob, both key patriarchs.
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Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 Mar. 2026
Now, thanks entirely to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the scales are tipping back towards the geriatrics.
—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Raya Elfadel Kheirbek is a professor of medicine and chief of the division of palliative medicine and geriatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
—
Raya Elfadel Kheirbek,
Washington Post,
17 May 2026
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