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Genesis 27:7

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7 Bring me venison, and prepare me a savoury dish, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah, before my death.

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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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