2918、创世记23:5，6.赫的儿子们回答亚伯拉罕，对他说，我主请听我们；你在我们中间是神的首领，只管在我们最好的坟墓里埋葬你的死人，我们没有一人留下他的坟墓不给你埋葬你的死人。
“赫的儿子们回答亚伯拉罕，对他说”表示新教会成员存在的一种互惠状态；“请听我们”表示接受；“我主，你在我们中间是神的首领”表示主的神性良善和真理与他们同在；“只管在我们最好的坟墓里”表示乐意重生；“埋葬你的死人”表示他们将以这种方式从黑夜中出来并被复活得生命；“我们没有一人留下他的坟墓不给你”表示他们都预备接受重生；“埋葬你的死人”表示以便他们可以从黑夜中出来并被复活。
Potts(1905-1910) 2918
2918. Verses 5, 6. And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, Hear us, my lord, thou art a prince of God in the midst of us; in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulcher from burying thy dead. "The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him," signifies a reciprocal state with those who are of the new church; "Hear us," signifies reception; "my lord, thou art a prince of God in the midst of us," signifies the Lord as to the good and truth Divine with them; "in the choice of our sepulchers," signifies good pleasure as to regeneration; "bury thy dead," signifies that so they would come forth from night and be raised up into life; "none of us shall withhold his sepulcher from thee," signifies that they were all prepared to receive regeneration; "from burying thy dead," signifies so that they might come forth from night and be raised up.
Elliott(1983-1999) 2918
2918. Verses 5, 6 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God in the midst of us; in the choicest of our graves bury your dead; none of us will withhold his grave from you, from burying your dead.
'The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him' means a reciprocal state existing with members of the new Church. 'Hear us' means reception. 'My lord, you are a prince of God in the midst of us' means the Lord as regards Divine good and truth with them. 'In the choicest of our graves' means well-pleasing in regard to regeneration. 'Bury your dead' means that in this way they would emerge from night and be raised up into life. 'None of us will withhold his grave from you' means that all of them were made ready to receive regeneration. 'From burying your dead' means in order that they might emerge from night and be raised up.
Latin(1748-1756) 2918
2918. Vers. 5, 6. Et responderunt filii Heth Abrahamo, dicendo ei, Audi nos, domine mi, princeps Dei tu in medio nostri, in electo sepulcrorum nostrorum sepeli mortuum tuum, quisquam e nobis sepulcrum suum non prohibebit a te, a sepeliendo mortuum tuum. `Responderunt filii Heth Abrahamo, dicendo ei' significat statum reciprocum apud illos qui ab Ecclesia nova: `audi nos' significat receptionem: `Domine mi, princeps Dei tu in medio nostri' significat Dominum quoad bonum et verum Divinum apud illos: `in electo sepulcrorum nostrorum' significat beneplacitum quoad regenerationem: `sepeli mortuum tuum' significat quod sic a nocte emergerent et resuscitarentur in vitam: `quisquam e nobis sepulcrum suum non prohibebit a te' significat quod omnes parati essent ad recipiendam regenerationem: `a sepeliendo mortuum tuum' significat ut a nocte emergerent et resuscitarentur.