He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.” ... Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.” Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.