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Genezo 23:8

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8 Kaj li diris al ili jene: Se placxas al vi, ke mi enterigu mian mortintinon, kiu estas antaux mi, tiam auxskultu min kaj petu por mi Efronon, la filon de Cohxar,

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Arcana Coelestia #2924

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2924. 'None of us will withhold his grave from you' means that all of them were ready to receive regeneration. This is clear from the meaning of 'a grave' as regeneration, dealt with in 2916, and from the meaning of 'not withholding' as a receptive will.

  
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