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.

3514. 'And I will bless you before Jehovah' means conjunction thereby. This is clear from the meaning of 'I will bless you' as an alliance to its own life, dealt with above in 3504. Here, because the words 'I will bless you before Jehovah' are used, conjunction is meant. The expression 'alliance' is used to refer to the communication of the truth of the natural with the good of the rational, but the expression 'conjunction' to refer to the communication of the good of the natural with the good of the rational. For a parallelism exists between God and man so far as celestial things, which are forms of good, are concerned, but not where spiritual things, which are forms of truth, are concerned, see 1832.