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Genesis 27:23

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23 And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.

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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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