Paragraph:
30
Translation:
From Bethlehem it is twenty-four miles to the Oak of Mamre, the resting-place of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Sarah and also of Joseph's bones. <Description of the basilica of the Cave of the Patriarchs.>
(transl. Wilkinson)
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Summary:
Mention of the Oak of Abraham, from an itinerary of ca. AD 570.
The text mistakenly locates the Cave of the Patriarches and the tomb of Joseph at Mambre, for which he means Hebron.