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Genesis 27:19

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19 And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn. I have done according as thou didst say to me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.

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Arcana Coelestia #3515

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3515. 'Before my death' means life thus within the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'death' as awakening into life, dealt with above in 3498, 3505.

  
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