Avraham has now finished his “10 Tests.” After
the traumas of being thrown into a fiery furnace,
leaving his family & his homeland, fighting a war
to free his nephew, circumcising himself (at age
99!), & almost sacrificing his beloved Yitzchak
at the Akeida, Avraham certainly deserves a well-earned rest.
Even as Avraham was tending to Sara’s funeral, Hashem was preparing a proper daughter-in-law who would take the reins & carry Am Yisrael forward into the future