Arcana Coelestia #6302
6302. 'And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I am dying' means a perception which spiritual good received from the internal celestial regarding new life and regarding the end of the representation. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' as perception, dealt with above in 6220; from the representation of 'Israel' as spiritual good, also dealt with above, in 6225; from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal celestial, dealt with in 5869, 5877; and from the meaning of 'dying' as awakening to life, dealt with in 3498, 3505, 4618, 4621, 6036, 6221, and also as the end of the former representation, 3257, 3259, 3276. That end is also meant here by 'dying', for when one who has been representing some aspect of the Church dies another takes his place to continue the line of representation. Thus after Abraham died the line of representation was continued in Isaac, then in Jacob, and after him in his sons. It was similar when Moses died; the sequence of representation continued in Joshua, and then in the judges one after another down to the kings, and so on.
Arcana Coelestia #3257
3257. 'At the cave of Machpelah' means resurrection as regards truth.
'At the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which faced Mamre' means as regards good; also meant, as previously, are those who are spiritual, who receive truth and good from the Lord's Divine Human and are saved.
'The field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth' means the Lord's spiritual kingdom resulting from this.
'There Abraham was buried and Sarah his wife' means resurrection.
This may be seen from what has been stated and shown already about the meaning of all these statements in Chapter 23, in 2913, 2928, 2968-2971, 2975, 2980, and about the meaning of 'burying' in 2916, 2917.