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Genesis 27:12

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12 My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

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Arcana Coelestia #3591

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3591. 'So that your soul may bless me' means so that it might join itself to this. This is clear from the meaning of 'being blessed' as a joining together, also dealt with above, in 3504, 3514, 3530, 3565, 3584.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #3530

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3530. 'And I shall bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing' means a separation. This is clear from the meaning of 'a curse' as a separation or turning away from good, dealt with in 245, 379, 1423, and from the meaning of 'blessing' as being joined to good, dealt with in 3504, 3514.

  
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