The negotiation

Abraham's wife died and he needed some land for his wife's burial. So he talk to his neighbors about a burial place.
His neighbors wanted to gave land to Abraham. Abraham wanted to pay for the land and he didn't want a gift.
I don't know why he did that. But Abraham thought he needed to pay for the land.
If the Lord is guiding a person, that person needs to depend on the Lord. There are when the Lord's way don't make sense but God has a reason.
I believe that Abraham heard the voice of the Lord and listen to that voice.
A person needs to ask the Lord to guide them and the person needs to be faithful.
A person need to repent from their sins and follow Jesus. Jesus died on the cross and he arose from the dead. He was the perfect sacrifice for our sins.

Genesis 23:5-16

 

⁵ The Hittites replied to Abraham, ⁶ “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”
⁷ Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites. ⁸ He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf ⁹ so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.”
¹⁰ Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city. ¹¹ “No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
¹² Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land ¹³ and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”
¹⁴ Ephron answered Abraham, ¹⁵ “Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
¹⁶ Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.