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Postanak 23

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1 A požive Sara sto i dvadeset i sedam godina; to su godine veka Sarinog;

2 I umre Sara u Kirijat-Arvi, a to je Hevron, u zemlji hananskoj. I dođe Avram da ožali Saru i oplače.

3 A kad usta Avram od mrtvaca svog, reče sinovima Hetovim govoreći:

4 Stranac sam i došljak kod vas; dajte mi da imam grob kod vas da pogrebem mrtvaca svog ispred očiju svojih.

5 A sinovi Hetovi odgovoriše Avramu govoreći mu:

6 Čuj nas, gospodaru; ti si knez od Boga među nama; u najboljem grobu našem pogrebi mrtvaca svog; niko između nas neće ti zatvoriti grob svoj da ne pogrebeš mrtvaca svog.

7 Tada usta Avram i pokloni se narodu zemlje one, sinovima Hetovim;

8 I reče im govoreći: Ako hoćete da pogrebem mrtvaca svog ispred očiju svojih, poslušajte me, i govorite za mene Efronu sinu Sarovom,

9 Neka mi da pećinu u Makpeli, koja je nakraj njive njegove; za novce neka mi je da među vama koliko vredi, da imam grob.

10 A Efron seđaše usred sinova Hetovih. Pa reče Efron Hetejin Avramu pred sinovima Hetovim, koji slušahu, pred svim koji ulažahu na vrata grada njegovog, govoreći:

11 Ne, gospodaru; čuj me: poklanjam ti njivu, i pećinu kod nje poklanjam ti: pred sinovima naroda svog poklanjam ti je, pogrebi mrtvaca svog.

12 A Avram se pokloni narodu zemlje one,

13 I reče Efronu pred narodom zemlje one govoreći: Ako si voljan čuj me; da ti dam šta vredi njiva, uzmi od mene, pa ću onda pogrepsti mrtvaca svog onde.

14 A Efron odgovori Avramu govoreći mu:

15 Gospodaru, čuj me; zemlja vredi četiri stotine sikala srebra između mene i tebe; šta je to? Samo ti pogrebi mrtvaca svog.

16 A Avram čuvši Efrona izmeri mu srebro, koje reče pred sinovima Hetovim, četiri stotine sikala srebra, kako su išli među trgovcima.

17 I njiva Efronova u Makpeli prema Mamriji, njiva s pećinom koja je na njoj, i sva drveta na njivi i po međi njenoj unaokolo,

18 Posta Avramova pred sinovima Hetovim, pred svima koji ulaze na vrata grada onog.

19 Potom pogrebe Avram Saru ženu svoju u pećini na njivi Makpeli prema Mamriji, a to je Hevron, u zemlji hananskoj.

20 I potvrdiše sinovi Hetovi njivu i pećinu na njoj Avramu da ima grob.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4448

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4448. 'Shechem my son' means the truth derived from that good. This is clear from the representation of 'Shechem' as interior truth, dealt with in 4430, and so truth derived from the good meant by Hamor, 4447. Actually all the truth of the Church is derived from its good; such truth never arises from any other source. This truth which Shechem represents is called interior truth, being in essence nothing other than the good of charity. Indeed the Most Ancient Church, being celestial, was governed by the good of love to the Lord and as a consequence they had a perception of all truth; for the members of that Church were almost as angels. They also had communication with angels, that being the source of their perception. They never therefore reasoned about any truth of faith, but simply said 'Yes, that is the truth' because they had a perception of it from heaven. They did not even wish to make mention of faith, but of charity instead, see 202, 337, 2715, 2718, 3246. For this reason it is the good of charity that is meant at this point by interior truth. As regards the remnants of that Church existing with Hamor the Hivite and his son Shechem, see immediately above in 4447.

[2] With the Ancient Church, which was spiritual, it was different. This Church was not governed like the Most Ancient Church by love to the Lord but by charity towards the neighbour. Nor was it able to arrive at charity except through the truth of faith, of which, unlike the Most Ancient people, they did not have any perception and therefore began to make investigations into whether the truth was the truth. Regarding the difference between celestial people who had perception and spiritual ones who do not, see 2088, 2669, 2708, 2715, 3235, 3240, 3246, 3887.

  
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