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1 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSF ζωή-N1--NSF *σαρρα-N---GSF ἔτος-N3E-NPN ἑκατόν-M εἴκοσι-M ἑπτά-M

2 καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VBI-AAI3S *σαρρα-N---NSF ἐν-P πόλις-N3I-DSF *αρβοκ-N----S ὅς- --NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN κοίλωμα-N3M-DSN οὗτος- D--NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S *χεβρων-N---NS ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *αβρααμ-N---NSM κόπτω-VA--AMN *σαρρα-N---ASF καί-C πενθέω-VA--AAN

3 καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM νεκρός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *χετ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

4 πάροικος-A1B-NSM καί-C παρεπίδημος-A1B-NSM ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S μετά-P σύ- P--GP δίδωμι-VO--AAD2P οὖν-X ἐγώ- P--DS κτῆσις-N3I-ASF τάφος-N2--GSM μετά-P σύ- P--GP καί-C θάπτω-VA--AAS1S ὁ- A--ASM νεκρός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀπό-P ἐγώ- P--GS

5 ἀποκρίνω-VCI-API3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *χετ-N---GSM πρός-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM

6 μή-D κύριος-N2--VSM ἀκούω-VA--AAD2S δέ-X ἐγώ- P--GP βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM παρά-P θεός-N2--GSM εἰμί-V9--PAI2S σύ- P--NS ἐν-P ἐγώ- P--DP ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἐκλεκτός-A1--DPN μνημεῖον-N2N-DPN ἐγώ- P--GP θάπτω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM νεκρός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS οὐδείς-A3--NSM γάρ-X ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--ASN μνημεῖον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM κωλύω-VF--FAI3S ἀπό-P σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN θάπτω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASM νεκρός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS ἐκεῖ-D

7 ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNSM δέ-X *αβρααμ-N---NSM προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *χετ-N---GSM

8 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM *αβρααμ-N---NSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM εἰ-C ἔχω-V1--PAI2P ὁ- A--DSF ψυχή-N1--DSF σύ- P--GP ὥστε-C θάπτω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASM νεκρός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS ἀκούω-VA--AAD2P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C λαλέω-VA--AAD2P περί-P ἐγώ- P--GS *εφρων-N---DSM ὁ- A--DSM ὁ- A--GSM *σααρ-N---GSM

9 καί-C δίδωμι-VO--AAD3S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--ASN σπήλαιον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--ASN διπλοῦς-A1C-ASN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--ASN εἰμί-V9--PAPASN ἐν-P μέρος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSN ἄξιος-A1A-GSN δίδωμι-VO--AAD3S ἐγώ- P--DS αὐτός- D--ASN ἐν-P σύ- P--DP εἰς-P κτῆσις-N3I-ASF μνημεῖον-N2N-GSN

10 *εφρων-N---NSM δέ-X κάθημαι-V1I-IMI3S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM δέ-X *εφρων-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM *χετταῖος-N2--NSM πρός-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἀκούω-V1--PAPGPM ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMPGPM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

11 παρά-P ἐγώ- P--DS γίγνομαι-VB--AMD2S κύριος-N2--VSM καί-C ἀκούω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASM ἀγρός-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN σπήλαιον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM σύ- P--DS δίδωμι-V8--PAI1S ἐναντίον-P πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM πολίτης-N1M-GPM ἐγώ- P--GS δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--DS θάπτω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM νεκρός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS

12 καί-C προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

13 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *εφρων-N---DSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN οὖς-N3T-APN ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐπειδή-C πρός-P ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI2S ἀκούω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S παρά-P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C θάπτω-VA--AAS1S ὁ- A--ASM νεκρός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκεῖ-D

14 ἀποκρίνω-VCI-API3S δέ-X *εφρων-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

15 οὐ-D κύριος-N2--VSM ἀκούω-VX--XAI1S γῆ-N1--NSF τετρακόσιοι-A1A-GPN δίδραγμον-N2N-GPN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C σύ- P--GS τίς- I--NSN ἄν-X εἰμί-V9--PAO3S οὗτος- D--NSN σύ- P--NS δέ-X ὁ- A--ASM νεκρός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS θάπτω-VA--AAD2S

16 καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--GSM *εφρων-N---GSM καί-C ἀπο καταἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *εφρων-N---DSM ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN ὅς- --ASN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN οὖς-N3T-APN ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM τετρακόσιοι-A1A-APN δίδραγμον-N2N-APN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN δόκιμος-A1B-GSM ἔμπορος-N2--DPM

17 καί-C ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀγρός-N2--NSM *εφρων-N---GSM ὅς- --NSM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN διπλοῦς-A1C-DSN σπήλαιον-N2N-DSN ὅς- --NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN *μαμβρη-N---GS ὁ- A--NSM ἀγρός-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSN σπήλαιον-N2N-NSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN δένδρον-N2N-NSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ἀγρός-N2--DSM ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ὅριον-N2N-DPN αὐτός- D--GSM κύκλος-N2--DSM

18 ὁ- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM εἰς-P κτῆσις-N3I-ASF ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMPGPM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF

19 μετά-P οὗτος- D--APN θάπτω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM *σαρρα-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF γυνή-N3K-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN σπήλαιον-N2N-DSN ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--DSN διπλοῦς-A1C-DSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἀπέναντι-P *μαμβρη-N---NS οὗτος- D--NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S *χεβρων-N---NS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S

20 καί-C κυρόω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀγρός-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSN σπήλαιον-N2N-NSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM εἰς-P κτῆσις-N3I-ASF τάφος-N2--GSM παρά-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2916

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2916. That 'give me possession of a grave among you' means that they were able to be regenerated is clear from the meaning of 'a grave'. In the internal sense of the Word 'a grave' means life, which is heaven, and in the contrary sense death, which is hell. The reason it means life or heaven is that angels, who possess the internal sense of the Word, have no other concept of a grave, because they have no other concept of death. Consequently instead of a grave they perceive nothing else than the continuation of life, and so resurrection. For man rises again as to the spirit and is buried as to the body, see 1854. Now because 'burial' means resurrection, it also means regeneration, since regeneration is the primary resurrection of man, for when regenerated he dies as regards his former self and rises again as regards the new. It is through regeneration that from being a dead man he becomes a living man, and it is from this that the meaning of 'a grave' is derived in the internal sense. When the idea of a grave presents itself the idea of regeneration comes to mind with angels, as is also evident from what has been told about young children in 2299.

[2] The reason 'a grave' in the contrary sense means death or hell is that the evil do not rise again to life but to death. When therefore the evil are referred to and a grave is mentioned, no other idea comes to mind with angels than that of hell; and this also is the reason why hell in the Word is called the grave.

[3] That 'a grave' means resurrection and also regeneration is evident in Ezekiel,

Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovih, Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people, and I will bring you to the land of Israel, and you will know that I am Jehovah when I open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people. And I will put My spirit within you and you will live, and I will place you on your own land. Ezekiel 37:12-14.

Here the prophet refers to bones that have been made to live, and in the internal sense to regeneration. Its being a reference to regeneration is quite evident, for it is said, 'when I will put My spirit within you and you will live, and I will place you on your own land'. Here 'graves' stands for the former self and its evils and falsities, while the opening of them and the coming up from them means being regenerated. Thus the idea of a grave perishes and so to speak is discarded when the idea of regeneration or new life enters instead.

[4] The description in Matthew 27:52-53, about graves being opened and many bodies of the saints who were sleeping being raised, coming out of their graves after the Lord's resurrection, entering the holy city, and appearing to many, embodies the same idea, that is to say, a resurrection taking place as a result of the Lord's resurrection, and in the inner sense every individual resurrection. The Lord's raising of Lazarus from the dead, John 11:1 and following verses, likewise embodies the re-establishment of the Church from among gentiles; for all the miracles that the Lord performed, because they were Divine, embodied the states of His Church. Something similar is also meant by the man who, having been cast into the grave of Elisha, came to life again on touching the prophet's bones, 2 Kings 13:20-21, for Elisha represented the Lord.

[5] As 'burial' meant resurrection in general and every individual resurrection, the ancients were therefore particularly concerned about their burials and about the places where they were to be buried - Abraham, for example, was to be buried in Hebron in the land of Canaan, as were Isaac and Jacob, together with their wives, Genesis 47:29-31; 49:30-32; Joseph's bones were to be carried up out of Egypt into the land of Canaan, Genesis 50:25; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32; David and subsequent kings were to be buried in Zion, 1 Kings 2:10; 11:43; 14:31; 15:8, 24; 22:50; 2 Kings 8:24; 12:21; 14:20; 15:7, 38; 16:20, the reason being that the land of Canaan and also Zion represented and meant the Lord's kingdom, while burial meant resurrection. But it may become clear to anyone that the place itself does not contribute anything towards resurrection.

[6] The truth that 'burial' means resurrection to life is also evident from other representatives, such as the requirement that the wicked were not to be lamented or buried, but cast aside, Jeremiah 8:2; 14:16; 16:4, 6; 20:6; 22:19; 25:33; 2 Kings 9:10; Revelation 11:9; and that the wicked buried already were to be cast out of their graves, Jeremiah 8:1-2; 2 Kings 23:16-18. But as regards 'a grave' in the contrary sense meaning death or hell, see Isaiah 14:19-21; Ezekiel 32:21-23, 25-26; Psalms 88:4-5, 10-11; Numbers 19:16, 18-19.

  
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