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10. Rabbi Chizkiyah asks, If this is so, why is it written, "And Jacob remained alone" (Beresheet 32:35)? WHERE WERE THE LEGIONS OF ANGELS WHO ENCIRCLED HIM AND CAME WITH HIM? Rabbi Yehuda replies, Because he led himself into danger BY REMAINING ALONE AT NIGHT and saw clearly the danger he was in, the angels deserted him, FOR THEY CAME TO GUARD HIM ONLY FROM UNSEEN DANGERS. Then, BEFORE ENTERING INTO DANGER, he stated, "I am unworthy of the least of all the mercies and all the truth, which You have shown Your servant" (Ibid. 11). WITH THIS, he referred to the holy camps OF ANGELS WHO USUALLY ENCIRCLED HIM, BUT HAD left him BECAUSE HE HAD LED HIMSELF TO A VISIBLE DANGER.
10. אָמַר רָבִּי חִזְקִיָה, אִי הָכֵי, אַמַּאי כְּתִיב, וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וגו.' אֲמַר רִבִּי יְהוּדָה, בְּגִין דְּאָעֵיל גַּרְמֵיהּ לְסַכָּנָה, וַהֲוָה חָמֵי לְהַהִיא סַכָּנָה בְּעֵינוֹי, אִינוּן אִתְפָּרְשׁוּ מִנֵּיהּ, וּכְדֵין אֲמַר קָטֹנְתִּי מִכֹּל הַחֲסָדִים וּמִכָּל הָאֱמֶת, אִלֵּין אִינוּן מַשִּׁרְיָין קַדִּישִׁין, דְּאִתְפָּרְשׁוּ מִנֵּיהּ.