- The two levels of ownership of the מערת המכפלה represent the nature of ownership of ארץ ישראל--it is necessary to have the נשיא א' תקומה in the context of the תקומה of fullest personal placement, but without any “usage”. The ownership of זה-קנה to which אברהם was זוכה here is the level of קנין of both אשה ושדה in which the קנין is not one of usage but of rooted connection. This is why the two זקן בא בימים of אברהם and of דוד in the הפטרה end up with יצר-free situations: יושב בזרועותיו של שרה-אין יצר and אבישג which explains the stress on המלך זקן מאד and the need to establish that he was not impotent. Only thus is אחוזה complete in זקנה and so both are מנחיל the future of the מלוכה/נשיא אלוקים. This can only be achieved in the context of גמילה and גמילות חסדים של אמת, for otherwise all relationship has an element of taking. This is also why here it is possible to say גר ותושב because the reference is to קנין of זקנה whereas the קנין until then by בני חת or by בני ישמעאל is one of usage only.

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