Gênesis 31:42 Cabalá: Zohar, Ohr Ne'erav & Sha'arei Orah

Then he would enter into that place until he reached those who abode there, and he would show them his ring, and there he gained all his knowledge of strange sciences (i.e. witchcraft). When they had told him all that he required he would fly back to his palace in the same way that he came. Then, as he sat once more on his throne, he would reflect upon all that he had gone through, and would conceive ideas of profound wisdom; and it is in reference to such an occasion that he says: “So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun….”

However, these special men who are called by name, who are the foundations of every generation in the generality of the stature of emanation, are: Adam, Noah, Shem, Ḥokhmah, Binah, Da’at; Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ḥesed, Paḥad,³Cf. Gen. 31:42. Tiferet; Moses, Aaron, Pinḥas, and David, Neẓaḥ, Hod, Yesod, Malkhut. All of them [partake] of the roots of the souls which pertain to the complete Adam in the wings of the Shekhinah, mother of all living [cf. Gen. 3:20]. From this [source stem] kings, righteous men, seers, prophets, men of truth, heroes, pious men, understanding men, wise men, the heads of the thousands of Israel.

I now will enlighten your eyes to a hidden and concealed secret. Yaakov is the middle line-Kav HaEmtza’ee-קו האמצעי, and is the “Twin leaf-Tiyomet-תיומת of the Lulav,”⁴⁶See Talmud Bavli, Sukkah 32a and elsewhere. that is, the central spine of the Lulav, in that he adhered to both qualities and entered between them. He took kindness-Chessed and the positive mitzvot, which are the quality of Avraham, and he took the Fear of Yitzchak-Pachad Yitzchak-פחד יצחק and the negative mitzvot, which are the quality of Yitzchak. Moreover, he adhered to both qualities equally, neither veering to the right nor to the left. This is why he is called the man of Truth-Emet-אמת, because he conducted himself with the qualities of both his fathers in a way of truth-Emet-אמת. This is the meaning of the verse,⁴⁷Genesis 25:27 “Yaakov was a perfect-Tam-תם man, dwelling in tents-Ohalim-אהלים.” The verse does not say dwelling in a “tent-Ohel-אהל” [in the singular], but specifies dwelling in “tents-Ohalim-אהלים” [in the plural], referring to the tent of Avraham, which is kindness-Chessed, and the tent of Yitzchak, which is fear-Pachad. About this the verse states,⁴⁸Genesis 31:42 “Had not the God of my father – the God of Avraham and the Dread of Yitzchak-Pachad Yitzchak-פחד יצחק – been with me.” That is, he adhered to both qualities equally, without veering to the right or to the left. He therefore was given the quality of Truth-Emet-אמת. That is, just as the fulcrum stands between both sides of the scale equally, neither tipping it to the right nor to the left, so likewise, Yaakov adhered equally to both the quality of fear-Pachad and the quality of lovingkindness-Chessed, and conducted himself with both in truth-Emet-אמת.