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1 Mose 23:10

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10 Ephron aber saß (O. wohnte) inmitten der Kinder Heth; und Ephron, der Hethiter, antwortete dem Abraham vor den Ohren der Kinder Heth, vor allen, die zum Tore seiner Stadt eingingen, und sprach:

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Arcana Coelestia #2983

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2983. Verse 20 And the field and the cave which was in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a grave, from the sons of Heth.

'The field and cave which was in it were made over' means that the Church and its faith.... 'To Abraham as a possession for a grave' means, came from the Lord alone by means of regeneration. 'From the sons of Heth' means that it consisted of gentiles.

  
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