Although all the land of Canaan was promised to Abraham for an everlasting possession, he possessed none of it during his lifetime, not even enough to bury his wife, as Stephen said (Acts 7:5).Waiting for response for Acts 7:5 Therefore, Abraham bought a field to bury Sarah, in which he also was later buried, in the hope of resurrection from the dead to inherit all the land.
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Verses 2,4
Waiting for response for Genesis 23:2,4Sarah died after spending sixty-two years in the Promised Land without inheriting any of it. This is what she and Abraham expected because they knew that God’s promises related to a time long in the future. While their contemporaries set about possessing estates, building cities, and naming lands after themselves to leave to their descendants, Abraham and Sarah were content to remain pilgrims in the Promised Land, living in tents. The apostle explains Abraham’s behaviour as the consequence of his faith Hebrews 11:9-10Waiting for response for Hebrews 11:9-10