וַיָּ֥לֶן שָׁ֖ם בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֑וּא וַיִּקַּ֞ח מִן־הַבָּ֧א בְיָד֛וֹ מִנְחָ֖ה לְעֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִֽיו׃
Doon siya nagpalipas ng gabing iyon; at kumuha siya mula sa kung ano ang nasa kanyang pag-aari ng isang handog para kay Esau na kanyang kapatid:
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Gen. 33:18:) NOW JACOB CAME WHOLE. Did he lack something? Indeed, when they said to him (in Gen. 32:7 [6]): MOREOVER HE (Esau) IS COMING TO MEET YOU, AND THERE ARE FOUR HUNDRED MEN WITH HIM; he arose and prepared a gift.44Gk.: doron. (According to Gen. 32:15-16 [14-15]) he began by giving she-goats because they were tender. Afterwards < according to the text, there were > he-goats, ewes, rams, < and > THIRTY MILCH CAMELS WITH THEIR COLTS. [R. Levi said: If I went around among all the tents of Kedar (i.e., of the Ishmaelites) you would not have found THIRTY MILCH CAMELS WITH THEIR COLTS.] Look at Jacob's wealth! In addition (according to Gen. 32:16 [15]) he gave FORTY COWS AND TEN BULLS. R. Isaac said: < These did > not include precious stones and pearls. Thus it is stated (in Gen. 32:14 [13]): THEN HE TOOK FROM WHAT WAS IN HAND, < i.e., > things taken up in the hand. These would be precious stones and pearls. R. Judah b. R. Shallum said: All twelve months that he spent with him, he would so honor him (with gifts) on each day. In this regard Jacob said (in Deut. 16:19): FOR A GIFT BLINDS THE EYES OF THE (PRUDENT) [WISE]. < He reasoned > a fortiori, how much the more < would a gift blind > the wicked! Just consider this: I am honoring him so that he will not touch me.
Bereshit Rabbah
“He said: If Esau will come upon the one camp, and smite it, the remaining camp will escape” (Genesis 32:9).
“And Jacob said: the Lord of my father Abraham, and the Lord of my father Isaac, God who told me: Go back to your land and your birthright, and I will benefit you" (Genesis 32:10).
“Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, mother, and children, alike” (Genesis 32:12).
“He said: If Esau will come upon the one camp, and smite it” – at that moment, our patriarch Jacob said before the Holy One blessed be He: ‘Master of the universe, it is written in Your Torah: “A bull or a sheep, it and its offspring you shall not slaughter on one day” (Leviticus 22:28). If this wicked one comes and eradicates my children and their mothers as one, the Torah scroll that You are destined to give on Mount Sinai, who will read it? I implore You, deliver me from his hand, “lest he come and smite me mother and children alike,”’ as it is stated: “Deliver me, please.”
“And Jacob slept there on that night, and he took from what he had as a present for his brother Esau” (Genesis 32:14).
What did he [Jacob] do? He arose and sent him a gift in order to blind his eyes, as it is stated: “As the bribe will blind the eyes of the wise” (Deuteronomy 16:19), and the wise are none other than Edomites, as it is stated: “I will eliminate the wise from Edom and understanding from the mountain of Esau” (Obadiah 1:8).
“Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams” (Genesis 32:15).
“Nursing camels and their offspring thirty, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys” (Genesis 32:16).
“He placed them in the charge of his servants, each drove by itself; he said to his servants: Go ahead of me, and maintain a distance between one drove and the other drove” (Genesis 32:17).
“He placed them in the charge of his servants, each drove by itself.” What is: “Maintain a distance”? Jacob said before the Holy One blessed be He: ‘Master of the universe, if troubles will befall my descendants, do not bring them one after another, but rather, create distance for them between their troubles.’
At that moment, Jacob lifted his eyes sand saw that Esau was coming from afar, and he directed his eyes heavenward, wept, and requested mercy from before the Holy One blessed be He. He heard his prayer and promised him that he would deliver him22Him and his descendants. from all his troubles due to Jacob’s merit, as it is stated: “The Lord will answer you at a time of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob will fortify you” (Psalms 20:2).
“And Jacob said: the Lord of my father Abraham, and the Lord of my father Isaac, God who told me: Go back to your land and your birthright, and I will benefit you" (Genesis 32:10).
“Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, mother, and children, alike” (Genesis 32:12).
“He said: If Esau will come upon the one camp, and smite it” – at that moment, our patriarch Jacob said before the Holy One blessed be He: ‘Master of the universe, it is written in Your Torah: “A bull or a sheep, it and its offspring you shall not slaughter on one day” (Leviticus 22:28). If this wicked one comes and eradicates my children and their mothers as one, the Torah scroll that You are destined to give on Mount Sinai, who will read it? I implore You, deliver me from his hand, “lest he come and smite me mother and children alike,”’ as it is stated: “Deliver me, please.”
“And Jacob slept there on that night, and he took from what he had as a present for his brother Esau” (Genesis 32:14).
What did he [Jacob] do? He arose and sent him a gift in order to blind his eyes, as it is stated: “As the bribe will blind the eyes of the wise” (Deuteronomy 16:19), and the wise are none other than Edomites, as it is stated: “I will eliminate the wise from Edom and understanding from the mountain of Esau” (Obadiah 1:8).
“Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams” (Genesis 32:15).
“Nursing camels and their offspring thirty, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys” (Genesis 32:16).
“He placed them in the charge of his servants, each drove by itself; he said to his servants: Go ahead of me, and maintain a distance between one drove and the other drove” (Genesis 32:17).
“He placed them in the charge of his servants, each drove by itself.” What is: “Maintain a distance”? Jacob said before the Holy One blessed be He: ‘Master of the universe, if troubles will befall my descendants, do not bring them one after another, but rather, create distance for them between their troubles.’
At that moment, Jacob lifted his eyes sand saw that Esau was coming from afar, and he directed his eyes heavenward, wept, and requested mercy from before the Holy One blessed be He. He heard his prayer and promised him that he would deliver him22Him and his descendants. from all his troubles due to Jacob’s merit, as it is stated: “The Lord will answer you at a time of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob will fortify you” (Psalms 20:2).
Bereshit Rabbah
“And You said: I will benefit you, and render your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be enumerated for multitude” (Genesis 32:13).
“And You said: I will benefit [heitev eitiv] you” – heitev, by your merit; eitiv, by the merit of your fathers.
“He stayed there that night; he took from that which was in his possession a gift for Esau his brother” (Genesis 32:14).
“Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams” (Genesis 32:15).
“Thirty nursing camels and their offspring, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys” (Genesis 32:16).
“He stayed there that night; he took from that which was in his possession a gift for Esau his brother. Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats…” – Rabbi Elazar said: From here one derives the period of conjugal rights of a woman that is stated in the Torah: The men of leisure – every day; the laborers – twice a week; the seafarers – once in six months. “Two hundred female goats” that need “twenty male goats,” “two hundred ewes” that require “twenty rams.” “Thirty nursing camels and their offspring [uvneihem]” and their males [boneihem]21Boneihem means those who build them, which also can mean those with whom they have offspring. Being built can refer to having offspring (See Genesis 16:2). thirty; Rabbi Berekhya said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel: Because it is modest in its sexual relations, the verse did not publicize it, but just, “thirty nursing camels and their offspring.” “Forty cows and ten bulls,” as they need ten bulls. Twenty female donkeys and they need ten male donkeys – why did it place the camels in the middle? It is, rather, as though he [Jacob] was saying to him [Esau]: ‘Consider yourself as though you are sitting on the platform and judging, and I am being judged before you, and you become filled with mercy over me.’22The tall camels, after the goats and sheep and before the cows and donkeys, evoke the courtroom, with the judges elevated over those present.
“And You said: I will benefit [heitev eitiv] you” – heitev, by your merit; eitiv, by the merit of your fathers.
“He stayed there that night; he took from that which was in his possession a gift for Esau his brother” (Genesis 32:14).
“Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams” (Genesis 32:15).
“Thirty nursing camels and their offspring, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys” (Genesis 32:16).
“He stayed there that night; he took from that which was in his possession a gift for Esau his brother. Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats…” – Rabbi Elazar said: From here one derives the period of conjugal rights of a woman that is stated in the Torah: The men of leisure – every day; the laborers – twice a week; the seafarers – once in six months. “Two hundred female goats” that need “twenty male goats,” “two hundred ewes” that require “twenty rams.” “Thirty nursing camels and their offspring [uvneihem]” and their males [boneihem]21Boneihem means those who build them, which also can mean those with whom they have offspring. Being built can refer to having offspring (See Genesis 16:2). thirty; Rabbi Berekhya said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel: Because it is modest in its sexual relations, the verse did not publicize it, but just, “thirty nursing camels and their offspring.” “Forty cows and ten bulls,” as they need ten bulls. Twenty female donkeys and they need ten male donkeys – why did it place the camels in the middle? It is, rather, as though he [Jacob] was saying to him [Esau]: ‘Consider yourself as though you are sitting on the platform and judging, and I am being judged before you, and you become filled with mercy over me.’22The tall camels, after the goats and sheep and before the cows and donkeys, evoke the courtroom, with the judges elevated over those present.