Genesis 23

This type of back and forth seems to be a Near Eastern bargaining ritual. It was important for Abraham to pay for the land because then he would have full legal rights to it. In effect, he is anchoring his descendants in the promised land.

Thought for today: Where is your home?

Philippians 3:20-21 (WEB) “For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.”