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Γένεση 23:3

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3 Και σηκωθεις ο Αβρααμ απ' εμπροσθεν του νεκρου αυτου, ελαλησε προς τους υιους του Χετ λεγων,

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Arcana Coelestia #2938

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2938. 'Let him give it to me in the midst of you as a possession for a grave' means possession gained thus through regeneration. This becomes clear without explanation, for 'a grave' is regeneration, as shown above in 2916.

  
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