4216. 'And blessed them' means the resulting joy. This is clear from the meaning of 'blessing' as heartfelt desires for their happiness, dealt with in 3185, and so as giving evidence of joy when one is going away.

3185. 'And they blessed Rebekah and said to her' means heartfelt desires resulting from Divine enlightenment. This is clear from the meaning of 'blessing', when bidding farewell to someone who is leaving, as expressing heartfelt desires for their happiness. The fact that here those desires are the result of Divine enlightenment is evident from what follows immediately after and also for the reason that enlightenment flows into the natural man by way of the affection for truth, which is 'Rebekah', when being introduced into good, which is 'Isaac'.