The document provides an in-depth analysis of Genesis Chapter 23 from the Bible, focusing on its spiritual and metaphysical interpretations. It covers Sarah’s passing, Abraham’s negotiations for a burial place, and the acquisition of the cave of Machpelah. The material explores themes such as dealing with loss, the significance of burial rituals, and the symbolic meanings behind Abraham’s actions.
Genesis 23:1-2
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
S Abraham representing at this time the human side separated from that which is the helpmeet and in the spiritual realm as the separation of the elements or the moving elements to that which was the stationary or the all-holding element which is necessary at certain times to accomplish within an individual that they may even become aware of the spiritual necessity of trial and tribulation or that which are the growing pains. You have here, then, on two levels the meaningful separation and on the third level or the mental level that which is mankind’s affliction with that of separation rending the mind or bringing into the mind those things which are negative to the spiritual growth that must be overcome by faith, even as Jesus was challenged upon the Mount and later, then, upon the cross and had, in essence, the same thing happen to him as Abraham has happen here where the spiritual part of self is taken or separated for a time.
Genesis 23:3-4
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, :I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
S Abraham was seeking the strength or that which would replace the intuitive factor which he had lost at this time and turned to those who represented here the spiritually firm, the spiritually sound, asking, then, for aid at that time in overcoming the mental, physical and, to an extent, spiritual loss within himself. This is the guidepost for selves when you run into those things which are of great stress or calamity in the life to turn to that which is the faith or the spirit or that which is endowed amongst self and others as the religious or the spiritually sound, tried and true, strong elements.
Genesis 23:5-7
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, “Hear us my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.” And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
S The spiritual advice here is to be rid of those things which encumber an entity, even one as developed as that entity, especially those things that tie one to this plane and to the value systems of this plane. Abraham was steeped in the traditions of the land of the peoples and yet turned to the stranger here because the stranger possessed the power, the strength that was needed. That which was the force, the help, as represented for you in God and in Jesus the Christ.
Genesis 23:8-9
And he communed with them, saying, “If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying place amongst you.”
S Abraham was expressing that which you must bring forth within yourselves, to take those things that mean so much or are the value system of this plane, that at all costs you would put aside those things not dedicated to the spiritual and put them away in that which is a tomb to be as dead rather than hold back the living or keep the living from living the true life.
Genesis 23:10-11
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, “Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.”
S Hittite here is that which represents those who brought forth in these lands the strength of steel or iron, showing that the will or the strength of God is as iron and steel, and yet that which is possessed by God is given freely to those who would turn to Him or that which is the way that you should be towards others that have need of burying their dead, their ways, and that you should assist in that which is stripping away the chains, the carnal that holds individuals in the plane of desire which is this plane.
Genesis 23:12-13
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land, and he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, “But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.”
S Abraham, in his stead, now is saying that he will give of his substance, his sustenance, in honor of that which is God or that which God has offered. Hence, for selves to see here, reciprocation is as that which is asked in your lives towards all. This means when God gives you from or through others or anything of this plane you must in yourselves, to be correct, give back to others the same, for this is honoring God.
Genesis 23:14-18
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, “My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead.” And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave, which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
S God sets no price tag upon that which is the reclaiming or resurrecting of a soul, though God gives that which is the value of a soul saved. Abraham replies, you see, as you should reply, “You have offered me my soul and I, in turn, will return same to you for my soul is your soul, for I belong to You. Though You demand it not, I give it to You freely.
Genesis 23:19-20
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth.
S At that time Abraham had completed that which you might view as a contract or an understanding between God and himself. For he fully then realized that God had given, and God may take and that he in turn was free to give and to take. Thus Abraham realized that he had taken and now was his time to give up. He gave up, then, the intuitive, which was represented as his helpmeet here, in honor of God for the sacrifice to God showing plainly to all that even the greatest treasures must be put aside, and gladly so, with all emotions which are of man put into their place correctly and that in doing so you are honoring God and acting even as God would have you be towards others as that which is a messenger or a guide or a guidepost as to the actions of man to God and God to man and then again man for God.
Q Are you saying that intuition is an emotion that must be given up?
S We are saying that there was emotion in the giving up of intuition here for this is what God asked. And when you have the fully developed intuition, even as Abraham had seen or found in his life as represented in his helpmeet, it was called back and Abraham thus gave it but had that rending or even giving up, even in a greater degree seen by Jesus as He parted from the body physical, the body mental, that which was the spiritual body, at the call or the beck and call of God the Father.
We give that which is the love and the blessings and this for you to mentally and spiritually chew upon and ruminate upon through the time until we approach you again: there is but one law for you to fulfill and this is your guide to that which you would declare unto yourselves in the coming time – to love the Lord thy God with all thy body, with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, even as He gave that you should. And to love thy brother as thyself.