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Genesis 23: 1-20

Promise

A declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen. Assure someone that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something; undertake or declare that something will happen.

Abraham, originally named Abram, is a foundational patriarch in the Bible (Genesis 12-25) called by God to leave his home in Ur for Canaan, promising to make him a great nation, bless him, and grant him many descendants. Despite childlessness in old age, Abraham believed God, leading to the miraculous birth of Isaac with his wife Sarah. 

Key Aspects of Abraham’s Story:

• The Call and Promise: God promised Abraham a new land (Canaan) and that through his offspring, "all peoples on earth will be blessed".
• The Covenant: God established a covenant with Abraham, marked by circumcision, promising that kings would come from him.
• Isaac’s Birth:
  Sarah, having been barren, gave birth to Isaac in her old age, bringing joy to their household.
• The Ultimate Test: God tested Abraham’s faith by asking him to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah. Abraham obeyed, but an angel intervened, stopping him and providing a ram for sacrifice instead.
• Ishmael and Hagar: Before Isaac's birth, Abraham had a son, Ishmael, with Sarah's maidservant Hagar, who was also promised to become a great nation.
• Final Years: Abraham passed away at 175 and was buried by his sons Isaac and Ishmael next to Sarah in the Cave of the Patriarch

The Burial of Sarah

1. Sarah was 127 when she died and Abraham was living amongst the Hittites and he went to the elders looking for a burial place. The elders held Abraham in high esteem. When dealing with people do the view you as honorable?
2. Ephron the Hittite insisted on giving the property to Abraham. Why do you think Abraham insisted on paying for it?
3. Ephron said the property was only worth four hundred pieces of silver, but what was that between friends? What did that statement mean by Ephron and why did Abraham again insist on paying for the property