6550. 'As a possession for a grave, from Ephron the Hittite' means those who receive the truth and good of faith and allow themselves to be regenerated. This is clear from the meaning of 'a grave' as regeneration, dealt with in 2916, 2917, 5551, 6459; and from the representation of 'Ephron the Hittite' as those with whom the ability exists to receive goodness and truth, dealt with in 6458.

In Genesis 21:23, this signifies affirmation.

The Lord swearing by himself signifies that divine truth testifies, for He is divine truth itself, and this testifies from itself and means itself. It says 'Jehovah swears' because the children of Israel had a representative church, and so the Lord's conjunction with the church was represented in a covenant similar to two people swearing their trust. This is why swearing was used to seal a covenant or deal. When 'Jehovah swears' it does not mean that He really did swear, but that divine truth testifies or bears testimony to the things asserted.

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