Abaraham honors his life partner when she passes away. All he cares about is getting her a place to rest that's befitting this wonderful mother of a nation. No haggling or complaining, he'll pay and do whatever is required to honor her.
Sarah had been Abraham's soul-mate on his epic journey from Ur to Canaan and then down to Egypt and back again as they sojourned in and around the promised land. Sarah was at hand for every pinnacle of Abraham's life - the repeated covenant promises; the defeat of the invading coalition of kings and Abraham's victorious return when he was greeted by Melchizidek, king of Salem; the covenant of circumcision and the dramatic renamings; Abraham's intercession for Sodom; and, of course, the offering of Isaac. Sarah was also there for all Abraham's failures as she was twice cajoled into complicity in perpetrating the deception that she was not his wife but his sister. And, of course, she was principal to some failures of her own - in the Hagar affair and mocking the Lord's promise of Isaac. But above it all, in her old age she had been the mother of Laughter, the son of promise.
Join me in reading Genesis 23 and be encouraged!
