פירוש על בראשית 23:6
Rashi on Genesis
לא יכלה means will not withhold, just as (Psalms 40:12) “Thou wilt not withhold (תכלא) Thy mercies”, and (Genesis 8:2) “And the rain was restrained (ויכלא).
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Rashbam on Genesis
נשיא אלוהים, “a prince of G’d,” neither stranger or resident stranger as Avraham had described himself.
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Sforno on Genesis
במבחר קברנו קבור, “do not wait until the formalities of the purchase have been completed, but go ahead and bury Sarah.” This corresponds to a statement by our sages in Moed Katan 22 על כל המתים כולן מדחה מטתו, “it behooves us to bury all the dead with dispatch, without undue delay.”
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