Genesis 23 Study Notes
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23:12-18 With both parties in agreement, Abraham bowed again respectfully and repeated his willingness to pay the full price of the field—even though he did not yet know how much that would be. Four hundred shekels of silver—perhaps the price of eight healthy adult male slaves (Lv 27:3)—may or may not have been a reasonable valuation. Either way, Abraham agreed to the price. The amount represented a weight that in Moses’s time equaled ten pounds; we do not know how much it was at the Hethites’ commercial rate. The piece of land was particularly valuable because it contained both a cave and trees.
23:19-20 Following the successful negotiations, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave . . . at Machpelah. Others who would be buried there included Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Leah, and Jacob (49:31; 50:13).