2918. Verses 5-6 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God in the midst of us; in the choicest of our graves bury your dead; none of us will withhold his grave from you, from burying your dead.

'The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him' means a reciprocal state existing with members of the new Church. 'Hear us' means reception. 'My lord, you are a prince of God in the midst of us' means the Lord as regards Divine good and truth with them. 'In the choicest of our graves' means well-pleasing in regard to regeneration. 'Bury your dead' means that in this way they would emerge from night and be raised up into life. 'None of us will withhold his grave from you' means that all of them were made ready to receive regeneration. 'From burying your dead' means in order that they might emerge from night and be raised up.