Vayishlah

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The Ramban says that Yaakov never believed he had been worthy of all HaShem had done for him. Others suggest that Yaakov might have sinned since HaShem made His promises to him and that Esau would, therefore, prevail over him.

Your name will no longer be Yaakov, but Yisrael. You have striven with the divine and the human and have overcome.

Peniel; I have seen G-d face to face, and my life is preserved.

First, the handmaids; next, Leah and her children; finally, Rachel and Joseph.

That their deed would make Yaakov odious in the eyes of the inhabitants of the land.