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Abraham lived among the Hittites. When Sarah died, he needed to buy a burial site for her. The Hittites offered Abraham the choice of any land he wanted. He chose a cave on Ephron’s land.

Genesis 23:9b is Abraham’s request of the Hittites. He wanted the Hittites to assist him in getting Ephron to agree to his purchasing part of his land for the burial site.

In later verses, we see that Ephron had no problem with Abraham using the land for a burial site. In fact, he was willing to give Abraham the land for free. However, Abraham wanted to pay full price for the land.

We all seek handouts and freebies

While we may now blame it on the economy, we all seem to be on the lookout for handouts and freebies. Anything we are able to get for free, or for less than the asking price, is somehow more enjoyable.