The Bible

Genesis 23:4

⁴ `A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #2942

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2942. 'In the ears of the sons of Heth' means obedience. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ear' as obedience, dealt with in 2542.

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.