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Genesis 23:17

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17 So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, with the hollow in the rock and all the trees in the field and round it,

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Arcana Coelestia #2942

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2942. In the ears of the sons of Heth. That this signifies obedience, is evident from the signification of the “ear,” as being obedience (see n. 2542).

  
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