3530. And I shall bring upon me a curse and not a blessing. That this signifies disjunction, is evident from the signification of a “curse,” as being disjunction, or a turning away from good (n. 245, 379, 1423); and from the signification of a “blessing,” as being conjunction with good (n. 3504, 3514).

3514. And will bless thee before Jehovah. That this signifies conjunction thereby, is evident from the signification of “blessing thee,” as being adjunction to his life (see n. 3504); and whereas it is here said, “I will bless thee before Jehovah,” it signifies conjunction. Adjunction is predicated of the communication of the truth of the natural with the good of the rational; but conjunction, of the communication of the good of the natural with the good of the rational; for there is a parallelism between the Lord and man as to the celestial things which are of good, but not as to the spiritual things which are of truth (n. 1832).