Paying the price
Return to Genesis 23 . After our two month diversion into Malachi, we now come back to Genesis and to the times just before the falling-out between Jacob and Esau that initially took us to the book of Malachi. While reading about the the death of Sarah I noted that this chapter is 20 verses long but only 4 are about Sarah and the rest is about Abraham haggling over the price of the land near Hebron where she was to be buried! I found this slightly insulting and perplexing and I realized I did not really understand the importance of this chapter at all. Consequently, I looked at what others have written on this topic and found some very interesting thoughts in Ana B Contreras ' " Divine Seasons " blog which I encourage you to read. The following comments below area based on some of her content in combination with my own thoughts. Sarah's death When Sarah died at 127 years of age while in Hebron (Kirjath Arba), Abraham traveled up from Beersheba ( Gen 22:19 ) to mou...