3496. Verses 2-4 And he said, Behold now, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. And now take, I beg you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt venison for me. And make me savoury food such as I love, and bring it to me, and I will eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.

'He said, Behold now, I am old' means that the state was reached. 'I do not know the day of my death' means the life within the natural. 'And now take, I beg you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow' means the matters of doctrine concerning good which were in his possession. 'And go out to the field' means where a good ground exists. 'And hunt venison for me' means truth acquired from good. 'And make me savoury food such as I love' means the forms of pleasantness received from that truth, because it is acquired from good. 'And bring it to me, and I will eat' means making it its own. 'So that my soul may bless you' means allying it to its own life. 'Before I die' means the first state of awakening in the natural.

Title: Father Abraham

Topic: The Word

Summary: The true, spiritual meaning why many people in the Old and New Testaments are said to refer to Abraham as their father is that both "Abraham" and "father" mean love. A state of love is the "land of Abraham" that has been promised to us all, if we want it.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Genesis 11:27-32; 12:1-3; 17:1-5; 26:3-5, 15, 18, 24; 28:4, 10-13; 32:9; 48:15-16
Exodus 2:1; 3:6, 15
Joshua 24:1-3
Isaiah 51:1-3; 63:16
Matthew 3:2, 9-11
Luke 1:67-75; 16:22-31
John 8:33, 37-39, 52-58
James 2:21-23
Matthew 23:9
Genesis 27:9, 14; 44:20
Deuteronomy 7:8; 30:19-20
1 Kings 3:3
Proverbs 3:11-12; 29:3
John 3:35; 5:20; 8:42; 13:1; 14:21

This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.