“That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.”
Abraham asks Ephron to sell him the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him at the end of his field. He asks Ephron to sell it to him at full price as a burial site among the Hittites. The specificity of the request — the cave of Machpelah at the end of Ephron's field — shows that Abraham has already identified exactly what he wants. The insistence on full price is repeated. The application: clarity about what you need and willingness to pay its full cost are the marks of a transaction that will remain free of future dispute.
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