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And brought in to his father meats made of what he had taken in hunting, saying: Arise, my father, and eat of thy son's venison; that thy soul may bless me.
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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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.