Category: Genesis Chapter 23
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Made Sure – Genesis 23:17-20
Genesis 23:17-20 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sureUnto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth,…
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Pay the Full Price – Genesis 23:16
Genesis 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. Abraham pays the full price. That is significant to me because this is the same man who would not…
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The Price Behind the Politeness – Genesis 23:12-15
Genesis 23:12-15 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my…
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The Bargaining Begins – Genesis 23:10-11
Genesis 23:10-11 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give…
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Just Passing Through – Genesis 23:7-9
Genesis 23:7-9 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,That he may…
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A Mighty Prince in a Tent – Genesis 23:5-6
Genesis 23:5-6 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. I find this fascinating. Here is Abraham…
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Still a Pilgrim – Genesis 23:3-4
Genesis 23:3-4 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. There is a lot of weight in those words,…
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Dying in Fellowship – Genesis 23:2
Genesis 23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. There is something deeply beautiful here, even in the middle of heartbreak. Sarah dies in Hebron. That matters, because Hebron speaks of fellowship. She dies in a…
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A Remarkable Woman – Genesis 23:1
Genesis 23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. There is something tender about the way this chapter opens. After the great mountain top scene of chapter 22, we come into a house of sorrow. Abraham had been asked to place his…