Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman began:1The verse in Psalms is being interpreted as referring to Jacob. “A song of ascents. I lift my eyes to the mountains [heharim]” (Psalms 121:1) – I lift my eyes to the parents [hahorim], to my teachers, and to those who raised me. “From where will my help come?” (Psalms 121:1) – Eliezer, when he went to bring Rebecca, what is written in his regard: “The slave took ten camels…” (Genesis 24:10), but I [Jacob] do not have even one nose ring or one bracelet.
Rabbi Ḥanina said: He [Isaac] sent him empty-handed. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: He sent with him,2And did not send him empty-handed. but Esau arose and took it from him. He then said: ‘What, will I lose my confidence in my Creator? God forbid, I will not lose my confidence in my Creator.’
Instead, “My help is from the Lord” (Psalms 121:2). “He will not let your foot give way; He who watches over you will not slumber” (Psalms 121:3). “Behold, [the Guardian of Israel] neither slumbers nor sleeps…” (Psalms 121:4). The Lord will guard you from all evil" (Psalms 121:7) – from Esau and from Laban; “He will guard your life” (Psalms 121:7) – from the angel of death. “The Lord will guard your going and your coming” (Psalms 121:8) – “Jacob departed.”