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Genesis 23:19

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19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

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Arcana Coelestia #2938

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2938. 'Let him give it to me in the midst of you as a possession for a grave' means possession gained thus through regeneration. This becomes clear without explanation, for 'a grave' is regeneration, as shown above in 2916.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.