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Text: Genesis 23: 3-6

MEDITATION

Genesis 23:3-6

3 Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4 “I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6 “Hear us, my lord: You are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, that you may bury your dead.”

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. Honouring of the memory of the dead

a. Abraham met with the sons of Heth who were the land-owners of Hebron.

b. Mourning for Sarah was good and important. But that was not enough.

c. He needed to give her a decent burial and sought to purchase land for burial purposes.

2. The humility of Abraham

a. He spoke of himself as a “foreigner and visitor” in Hebron.

b. He asked permission to bury Sarah with dignity.

3. The response of the sons of Heth

a. They respected Abraham as “a mighty prince”.

b. They offered help.

i. Abraham may choose where he would bury Sarah.

ii. There would be no objection from them at all.

c. They spoke with great respect for Abraham.

4. The gift of the land of Canaan

a. God had promised the land to Abraham and his descendants.

b. However, Abraham knew that this was not the time to “claim” the land (Cf. Genesis 15).

c. In the meantime, he must act with great civility and humility.

d. Abraham did the right thing when he humbly asked the sons of Heth for land to bury the dead.

经文：创世记 23：3-6

沉思

《创世记 23：3-6》
3“后来亚伯拉罕从死人面前起来，对赫人说：
4‘我在你们中间是外人，是寄居的。求你们在这里给我一块地，我好埋葬我的死人，使她不在我眼前。’
5 赫人回答亚伯拉罕说：

6‘我主请听，你在我们中间是一位尊大的王子，只管在我们最好的坟地里埋葬你的死人，我们没有一人不容你在他的坟地里埋葬你的死人。’”

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 纪念已故的人们

a. 亚伯拉罕与赫人，希伯仑的地主会面

b. 为撒拉哀恸甚好，但这不足够

c. 他需要一片地，好让他能埋葬撒拉，所以想向赫人买一片地

2. 亚伯拉罕的谦卑

a. 他将自己称为外人，寄居在希伯仑

b. 他请求能让撒拉有尊严地得到埋葬

3. 赫人的回应

a. 他们尊敬亚伯拉罕，称他为“尊大的王子”

b. 他们伸出援手

i. 他们让亚伯拉罕选择任何坟地埋葬撒拉

ii. 没有一人不容亚伯拉罕在他的坟地埋葬

c. 他们对亚伯拉罕有极大的尊敬

4. 迦南地-上帝应许之地

a. 上帝应许将这片地赐给亚伯拉罕与他的后裔

b. 虽然如此，但亚伯拉罕知道现在不是领受这片地的时候《创世纪 15》

c. 在那刻前，他必须文明，谦虚对待迦南人们

d. 亚伯拉罕谦虚地请求赫人提供一片地让他埋葬死人是真确的