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Бытие 23

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1 Жизни Сарриной было сто двадцать семь лјтъ. Вотъ лјта жизни Сарриной.

2 И умерла Сарра въ Киріаѕ-Арбј (что нынј Хевронъ), въ землј Ханаанской. И пришелъ Авраамъ рыдать по Саррј и оплакивать ее.

3 Потомъ отошелъ Авраамъ отъ умершей своей, и сталъ говорить сынамъ Хетовымъ, и сказалъ:

4 я у васъ пришлецъ и странникъ; дайте мнј въ собственность мјсто для гроба между вами, чтобы мнј умершую мою схоронить отъ глазъ моихъ.

5 Сыны Хета отвјтствовали Аврааму и сказали ему:

6 послушай насъ, господинъ нашъ; ты князь Божій посреди насъ; въ лучшемъ изъ нашихъ погребальныхъ мјстъ похорони умершую твою; никто изъ насъ не откажетъ тебј въ своемъ погребальиомъ мјстј, для погребенія умершей твоей.

7 Авраамъ всталъ, и поклонился народу земли той, сынамъ Хетовымъ.

8 И говорилъ имъ, и сказалъ: если есть у васъ на сердцј позволитъ, чтобы я схороиилъ умершую мою отъ глазъ моихъ: то послушайте меня, исходатайствуйте мнј у Ефрона, сына Цохарова,

9 чтобы онъ отдалъ мнј пещеру Махпелу, которая у него ва концј поля его, чтобы за довольную цјну отдалъ ее мнј посреди васъ, въ собственность для погребенія.

10 Ефронъ же сидјлъ посреди сыновъ Хетовыхъ, и отвјчалъ Ефронъ Хеттеянинъ Аврааму вслухъ сыновъ Хетовыхъ, всјхъ входящихъ во врата города его, и сказалъ:

11 нјтъ, господинъ мой, послушай меня, я дарю тебј поле и пещеру, которая на немъ, дарю тебј, предъ очами сыновъ народа моего, дарю тебј ее, похорони умершую твою.

12 Авраамъ поклонился предъ народомъ земли той,

13 и говорилъ Ефрону вслухъ народа земли той, и сказалъ: сдјлай милость, послушай меня; я дамъ тебј за поле серебро; ты возми у меня, тогда я похороню тамъ умершую мою.

14 Ефронъ отвјтствовалъ Аврааму и сказалъ ему:

15 господинъ мой! послушай меня: земля стоитъ четыреста сиклсй серебра; для меня и для тебя что это? похорони умершую твою.

16 Авраамъ выслушалъ Ефрона, и отвјсилъ Авраамъ Ефрону серебра, сколько онъ объявилъ вслухъ сыновъ Хетовыхъ, тоесть четыреста сиклей серебра, какое ходитъ у купцевъ.

17 Такимъ образомъ поле Ефроново, которое при Махпелј, противъ Мамре, поле и пещера, которая на немъ, и всј деревья, которые на полј во всјхъ предјлахъ его, вокругъ, сдјлалось

18 владјніемъ Авраамовымъ, предъ очами сыновъ Хета, всјхъ входящихъ во врата города его.

19 Послј сего Авраамъ похоронилъ Сарру, жену свою, въ пещерј поля, въ Махпелј, противъ Мамре (что нынј Хевронъ), въ землј Ханаанской.

20 Такъ досталось Аврааму отъ сыновъ Хетовыхъ поле и пещера, которая на немъ, въ собственность для гроба.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2960

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2960. What is that between me and thee? That this signifies that he gave his assent, but still desired it to be from himself, namely, his being prepared or reformed, is evident from the sense of the letter when applied to the internal sense which treats of reformation. Above, it was said by Ephron, “The field give I thee, and the cave that is therein I give it thee” (verse 11), by which was signified that they desired to prepare themselves in regard to the things which are of the church and of faith, that is, reform themselves; that such is the first state of those who are being reformed may be seen above (n. 2946). But when they progress further in the knowledges of truth or of faith, then comes their second state, in which they indeed give assent, but still desire it to be from themselves; this is the state treated of in this verse; but a third state is presently described, namely, the state of belief that they are reformed by the Lord. The cause of their being such in the beginning was stated above (n. 2946). But that when they advance in the knowledges of truth or of faith they indeed acknowledge that they are reformed by the Lord, but still desire it to be from themselves, is for the reason that the cloud of ignorance is only gradually dispersed, and that the confirmations of truth are strengthened with time, and that good is perfected by imbuements of the knowledges of truth. It is the good itself in which the truth has been implanted that causes them not only to acknowledge but also to believe that reformation is from the Lord. This is the third state; and it is followed by a fourth, namely, that in which they perceive it to be from the Lord. But there are few who come into this state in the life of the body, for it is an angelic state; but they who are regenerate come into it in the other life. Hence it is evident that in the internal sense is here described the man of the spiritual church, and what his state is while he is yet immature; also what it is when he begins to mature, and at last when he has matured.

  
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