The Purchase of Machpelah—Burial of Sarah

Abraham's faith had been tried and found to the glory and praise of his God. In response to the divine command, he had offered up Isaac, and he that had received the promise, his only begotten son. The tri­umph of his faith had been complete. The great climax of his life had been reached. His faith had risen to the highest possible point of power and glory beyond which it therefore could not ascend. Abraham now enters upon the final stretch of his career. The record of this stretch is comprised...