Genesis 23

In this chapter, we read about the death and burial of Sarah at the age of one hundred and twenty-seven years. Abraham buried her honorably purchasing a burial site for her- the cave of Machpelah, for the full price of four hundred shekels of silver, before the witnessing eyes of the sons of Heth. The cave faced Mamre, Hebron in the land of Canaan.

Abraham did not accept the field and cave as a gift from Ephron. He did not even make any bargain. He just paid the full amount in a most honorable way as God's chosen man in His Mission to redeem mankind through Abraham's seed and descendants. The Messiah Jesus Christ would come to the world through the Abrahamic line in God's perfect timing later.

Let's always uphold the Holy Name of our God in any deal with individuals and groups of the world around us, like Abraham did towards his neighbors.