6461. 'The buying of the field and of the cave that was in it was from the sons of Heth' means the redemption of those who receive truth, and through truth receive good. This is clear from the meaning of 'buying' as redemption, dealt with above in 6458; from the meaning of 'the field' as the Church, dealt with in 2971, 3766, thus the member of the Church since he is the Church; from the meaning of 'the cave' as obscurity, dealt with in 2935, 6453; and from the representation of 'the sons of Heth' as a spiritual Church from the Ancient Church, dealt with in 2913, 2986. And because 'the sons of Heth' are a spiritual Church from the Ancient Church, they are those who receive truth, and through truth receive good; for a spiritual Church arises in this way. From all this it is evident that 'the buying of the field and of the cave that was in it was from the sons of Heth' means the redemption of those who are in the Church but are still in obscurity, and who receive truth and through truth receive good.

6458. 'Which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite' means redemption. This is clear from the meaning of 'buying' as making one's own, dealt with in 5374, 5397, 5410, 5426, thus also redeeming, since what one redeems one makes one's own; from the representation of 'Abraham' in the highest sense as the Lord, dealt with in 1965, 1989, 2011, 3245, 3251, 3305, 3703, 4615, 6098, 6185, 6276; from the meaning of 'the field' as the Church, dealt with in 2971, 3766; and from the representation of 'Ephron the Hittite' as those with whom the ability exists to receive what is good and true, dealt with in 2933, 2940, 2969. From all this one may see what the meaning of these words is - the redemption by the Lord of those in the Church with whom the ability exists to receive what is good and true.