3515. Before my death. That this signifies thus life in the natural, is evident from the signification of “death,” as being resuscitation to life (see above, n. 3498, 3505).

3505. Before I die. That this signifies the first state of resuscitation in the natural, is evident from the signification of “dying,” as being to rise again, or to be resuscitated into life (n. 3326, 3498). That this is the first state is evident from the fact that the good of infancy and the derivative good of life is the first of regeneration-which state has thus far been represented by Esau. The subsequent states are what are treated of in series in this chapter.