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Genesis 23:10

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10 Men Efron sad blandt Hetiterne; og Hetiten Efron svarede Abraham i Hetiternes Påhør, så mange som gik ind gennem hans Bys Port:


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Genesis 49:29

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29 Og han sagde til dem som sin sidste Vilje: "Nu samles jeg til mit Folk; jord mig da hos mine Fædre i Hulen på Hetiten Efrons Mark.


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Arcana Coelestia #2964

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2964. 'And Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver' means redemption. This is clear from the meaning of 'weighing out the silver' as buying, and in the spiritual sense as redeeming. 'Silver' here has the same meaning as four hundred shekels, which, as shown above in 2959, mean the price of redemption.

  
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