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Thursday, April 25th, 2024
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Bibliographical Information
Flemming, Donald C. "Commentary on Genesis 23". "Fleming's Bridgeway Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bbc/genesis-23.html. 2005.
Flemming, Donald C. "Commentary on Genesis 23". "Fleming's Bridgeway Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/
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Verses 1-20
Further expressions of faith (22:20-23:20)
While Abraham was establishing his family in Canaan, the family of his brother Nahor in Mesopotamia was growing. The writer records this growth to introduce Rebekah, the future wife of Isaac (20-24).
Back in Canaan, Abraham moved from Beersheba to Hebron, and there Sarah died (23:1-2). Though God had promised the whole of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants, Abraham still owned no land there. The death of Sarah gave him an opportunity to buy a piece of land which, besides being a burial place, symbolized his permanent ownership of Canaan (3-18). By being buried in Canaan, Abraham and his family expressed their faith that this was their homeland, and one day their descendants would live there permanently (19-20; cf. 25:8-10; 49:29-32; 50:13,25; Hebrews 11:13,Hebrews 11:22).