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Бытие 23:19

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19 После сего Авраам похоронил Сарру, жену свою, в пещере поля в Махпеле, против Мамре, что ныне Хеврон, в земле Ханаанской.

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Arcana Coelestia #2934

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2934. Verse 9 And let him give me the cave of Machpelah which is his, which is at the end of his field; for the full price 1 let him give it to me in the midst of you, as a possession for a grave.

'Let him give me the cave of Machpelah which is his' means the obscurity of faith that was theirs. 'Which is at the end of his field' means where little of the Church exists. 'For the full price' means redemption by means of truth. 'Let him give it to me in the midst of you as a possession for a grave' means possession gained thus through regeneration.

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1. literally, in full silver or money

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

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"100 in Crackers" by Caleb Kerr. Copyright 2013, by photographer. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

It's a landmark for a young child to count to 100; it sort of covers all the "ordinary" numbers. One hundred is obviously significant for other groupings: 100 cents is a dollar; 100 yards is a touchdown; 100 years is a century, and the landmark for a very long life. It makes sense, then, that in the Bible, 100 represents fullness or a state of completion, or in some instances simply "much." For instance, people marvel that Abraham had Isaac when he was 100 years old; the number represents the point at which the Lord, when growing up as Jesus, united the human elements of himself with the divine elements and in a sense became "complete.