GEN1044 If one has as good eye, an humble temperament, and a lowly spirit, he is of the disciples of Abraham our Father. Pirkei Avot V:22   These were truly Abraham’s characteristics. A “good eye,” we know, denotes a generous sense of benevolence, a wish to let and help others live, a joy at finding or making the world a bit happier.   Abraham’s “good eye” can be discerned in Scripture readily enough. For three strangers who happened along, we read how "Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, ‘Make ready quickly three measure of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.’ And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf tender and good, and gave it to the servant; and he hastened to prepare it. …” Genesis 18:6-7 Earlier, when he defeated the four kings who had captured Lot, he gave one tenth of the war booty as tithe to Melchizedek “the cohen [i.e., priest - AJL] of God Most High.” Genesis 14:18,20 And when he needed a place of burial for his departed wife Sarah, he readily paid four hundred shekels of silver for it; he did not hesitate or haggle. Genesis 23:15-16.   An humble temperament, Abraham had too. When he came to ask the people of Heth for a burial ground for Sarah, his first words were, “I am a stranger and a sojourner with you,” although he was a venerable man of some renown. When he saw the three strangers mentioned above, he himself ran to entreat them to stay and eat, though they looked like ordinary Arabs. According to the Sages, it was the third day after his circumcision.   And when he stood before the Almighty, his heart open to plead for Sodom and Gomorrah (a further instance of his generosity), he said, “Here have I taken upon myself to speak, and I am but dust and ashes.” [this verse]. SINAI3 201