3504.'So that my soul may bless you' means allying it to its own life, consequently life that corresponds to the rational. This is clear from the meaning of 'being blessed' as being endowed with celestial and spiritual good, dealt with in 981, 1731, 2846, 3017, 3406. For the good of early childhood and consequently the good of life, which is the same as the good of the natural, and which is represented by 'Esau', is not spiritual good, for the good of early childhood is devoid of knowledge and intelligence, and so of wisdom. The good of early childhood becomes spiritual good through the implantation of truth, and so through regeneration, see 1616, 1802, 2280, 2290, 2291, 2299, 2304, 2305, 2307, 3494 (end). This is how the correspondence between rational things and natural is effected, and so how the allying of the natural man to the life of the rational is effected. This allying to its own life is what is meant by 'my soul may bless you'.

Leading" people in the Bible is about leading people in spiritual things, not natural ones. When the Bible talks about the Lord leading the people, it stands for that way He cares for us, from the most outward aspect of life down to the deepest recesses. All His leading intends to bring us to heaven, if we choose to follow.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Revealed 600; Arcana Coelestia 6865, 7235, 8093, 8107, 10507)