Genesis - Chapter 23

In Chapter 13 God had said to Abraham “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord.

It was at this place that Abraham met with Jesus and the two angels, just before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

This location was a part of the land promised to Abraham and his descendants.  And in the chapter we read about the death of Sarah.  And we see how Abraham purchased the title deeds to a small part of this area. Here, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. So the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place.

And later this is where Abraham, himself, and also Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and  Leah will all be buried.

The city of Hebron will be mentioned again (in Joshua chapter 20) when it becomes one of the six cities of refuge – the cities that speak to us of Jesus who is as our own city of refuge.