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Genesis 23:4

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4 παροικος-A1B-NSM και-C παρεπιδημος-A1B-NSM εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S μετα-P συ- P--GP διδωμι-VO--AAD2P ουν-X εγω- P--DS κτησις-N3I-ASF ταφος-N2--GSM μετα-P συ- P--GP και-C θαπτω-VA--AAS1S ο- A--ASM νεκρος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS απο-P εγω- P--GS

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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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