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to
purchase
from
them
the
Cave
of
Machpelah
for
*'
four
hundred
shekels
of
silver,
current
money
with
the
merchant."
Their
power
afterwards
waned,
as
they
had
left
Hebron
and
taken
to
the
mountains,
as
was
reported
by
the
spies
sent
by
Moses,
four
hundred
years
afterwards
(Num.
xiii.),
but
they
have
kft
behind
them
carvings
which
throw
some
light
upon
their
social
customs.
For
instance,
here
is
one
of
two
ladies
partaking
of
a
social
glass
together.
Unfortu-
nately,
we
do
not
know
at
present
the
true
meaning
of
their
inscriptions,
for
scholars
are yet
at
variance
as
to
the
translation
of
them.
That
they
thoroughly
cherished
Wine
may
be
seen
from
the
accompanying
illustration,
which
represents
one
of
their
deities,
who
appears
to
be
a
compound
of
Bacchus
and
Ceres,