4833. 'And Jehovah caused him to die' means that there was no representative of the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'dying' as ceasing to be such, dealt with in 494, and also as the end of representation, 3253, 3259, 3276. The meaning here therefore is that no representative of the Church could exist with any who would have been descended from him, as accords with what has been stated immediately above in 4832.

3259. 'So it was after the death of Abraham' means after the state and period of the representation of the Lord by means of Abraham. This is clear from the meaning of 'dying', when the representative life of someone is the subject, as the end of representation by means of that someone, dealt with above in 3253. Consequently here 'after the death of Abraham' means after the state and period of the representation of the Lord by means of Abraham.