'And he commanded them and said to them' means an introduction. 'I am being gathered to my people' means that [spiritual good] will come to exist within the forms of good and the truths of the natural which spring from that good. 'Bury me with my fathers' means that interior things and what is inmost will exist there too. 'At the cave' means where obscurity exists. 'Which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite' means which however can be made into clear light. 'In the cave which is in the field of Machpelah' means in that obscurity. 'Which faces Mamre' means the extent and nature of it. 'In the land of Canaan' means where the Church is. 'Which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite' means redemption. 'As a possession for a grave' means regeneration. 'There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah' means that all the interior things are present in order within good and truth in the natural. 'The buying of the field and of the cave that was in it was from the sons of Heth' means the redemption of those who receive truth, and through truth receive good. 'And Jacob finished commanding his sons' means the accomplishment of the introduction. 'And he gathered up his feet towards the bed' means that [spiritual good] turned itself - its lower things in which interior ones are present - towards the good and truth of the lower natural. 'And expired' means new life there. 'And was gathered to his peoples' means that [spiritual good] was within the forms of good and the truths of the natural that sprang from itself.