“And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.”
Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants. The inner transformation of the Peniel night is tested immediately against the outer reality of the feared brother. The application: the transformations that happen in the night are tested in the day. The new name Israel meets the four hundred men as soon as the sun rises.
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