“The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.”
The field Abraham had bought from the Hittites was now his and his burial place. The legal precision of the burial location — the field he bought, the specific seller — echoes the legal precision of Genesis 23. The title to the land is clear. The application: the one piece of the promised land that Abraham owned in his lifetime is the piece of land where he is buried. He enters the promise through the ground that receives him.
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