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1 Mose 27:9

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9 Gehe doch zur Herde und hole mir von dannen zwei gute Ziegenböcklein, und ich will sie zu einem schmackhaften Gericht bereiten für deinen Vater, wie er es gern hat;

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Arcana Coelestia #3523

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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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