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Genesis 27:38

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38 εἶπεν δὲ ησαυ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ μὴ εὐλογία μία σοί ἐστιν πάτερ εὐλόγησον δὴ κἀμέ πάτερ κατανυχθέντος δὲ ισαακ ἀνεβόησεν φωνὴν ησαυ καὶ ἔκλαυσεν

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3523

Studere hoc loco

  
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3523. 'Before his death' means awakening in the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'death' as awakening, also dealt with above in 3498, 3505 - an awakening, it is evident, in the natural.

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