The Second Land Purchase

What did Jacob buy? Jacob did not buy this for a burial place. Jacob intended to stay there. This was the field in front of the city of Shalem where he set up his household, and his flocks and his servants, and all that he had. This was Jacob's plan. But soon after this God moved him to go on and move farther South. Did Jacob make a mistake in settling here and buying this field? O No! God wrote the Bible, and God orchestrated each event so that these all combined to form the perfect Word of God, the Bible. We can say that God prompted Jacob to buy this field. God had a purpose for it.