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创世记 23

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1 撒拉享寿一二十岁,这是撒拉一生的岁数。

2 撒拉迦南的基列亚巴,就是希伯仑。亚伯拉罕为他哀恸哭号。

3 後来亚伯拉罕人面前起来,对赫人

4 我在你们中间是外人,是寄居的。求你们在这里我一块地,我好埋葬我的人,使他不在我眼前。

5 赫人回答亚伯拉罕

6 。你在我们中间是一位尊大的王子,只管在我们最好的坟地里埋葬你的我们没有一不容你在他的坟地里埋葬你的

7 亚伯拉罕起来,向那的赫人下拜,

8 对他们:你们若有意叫我埋葬我的人,使他不在我眼前,就请我的话,为我求琐辖的儿子以弗仑

9 把田头上那麦比拉洞我;他可以按着足价卖我,作我在你们中间的坟地。

10 当时以弗仑在赫人中间。於是,赫人以弗仑在城出入的赫人面前对亚伯拉罕说:

11 不然,我。我送你这块田,连田间的洞也送你,在我同族的人面前都你,可以埋葬你的人。

12 亚伯拉罕就在那的人民面前下拜,

13 在他们面前对以弗仑:你若应允,请我的话。我要把田价你,求你收下,我就在那里埋葬我的人。

14 以弗仑回答亚伯拉罕

15 。值舍客勒子的一块田,在你我中间还算甚麽呢?只管埋葬你的人罢!

16 亚伯拉罕从了以弗仑,照着他在赫人面前所说的话,把买卖通用的子平了舍客勒以弗仑

17 於是,麦比拉、幔利前、以弗仑的那块田和其中的洞,并田间四围的树木

18 都定准归与亚伯拉罕,乃是他在赫人面前并城出入的人面前买妥的。

19 亚伯拉罕把他妻子撒拉埋葬在迦南幔利前的麦比拉田间的洞里。〈幔利就是希伯仑〉。

20 从此,那块田和田间的洞就藉着赫人定准归与亚伯拉罕作坟地。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2904

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2904. 'The life of Sarah was' means all the preceding times and states of the Church as regards Divine truths. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'the life' here, and from the representation of 'Sarah'. 'The life' here - since it refers to the whole span of life and to the periods that constitute it, namely early childhood, youth, adult years, and old age means states, as do all periods of time in general, see 2625, 2788, 2837. And since the subject in what follows is the Church, 'the life' therefore means times and states of the Church. 'Sarah' represents Divine truth, see 1468, 1901, 2063, 2172, 2173, 2198, 2507. From this it follows that here 'the life of Sarah was' means in the internal sense all the preceding times and states of the Church as regards Divine truths. When she lived as Abraham's wife Sarah represented the Lord's Divine Truth joined to His Divine Good, as may be seen in the paragraphs just quoted. And as she represented the Lord's Divine Truth, so she also means the Church's Divine truth, for in the Church no other truth exists than that which is the Lord's. Truth that does not come from Him is not truth, as is also clear both from the Word itself and from the doctrine of faith drawn from it. It is clear from the Word itself in John,

Man cannot receive anything unless it is given him from heaven. John 3:27.

And elsewhere in John,

Without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5.

The same is also clear from the doctrine of faith, which teaches that the whole of faith, that is, all truth, comes from the Lord.

[2] The representatives and the meaningful signs in the Word are such that every single one in the highest sense has regard to the Lord; and from this springs the life itself of the Word. And because they have regard to the Lord, they also have regard to His kingdom, since the Lord is the All in His kingdom. Divine things from the Lord within His kingdom are what make it the kingdom. To the extent therefore that an angel, spirit, or man receives good and truth from the Lord, and believes that these come from Him, he is in His kingdom. But to the extent that he does not receive them, and does not believe that they come from the Lord, he is not in His kingdom. Thus Divine things from the Lord are what constitute His kingdom or heaven; and this is what is meant when it is said that the Lord is the All in His kingdom.

  
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