“Jacob arrived intact to the city of Shekhem, which is in the land of Canaan, upon his arrival from Padan Aram, and he encamped before the city” (Genesis 33:18). “Jacob arrived intact.” “In six troubles He will deliver you, and in seven, no harm will touch you” (Job 5:19); if they are six, I will withstand them, if they are seven, I will withstand them. “In famine, He redeems you from death” (Job 5:20) – “For these two years the famine is in the midst of the land” (Genesis 45:6).
“And in war, from the sword” (Job 5:20) – “It is in my power to do you harm” (Genesis 31:29). “From the scourge of the tongue you will be hidden” (Job 5:21) – Rav Aḥa said: Evil speech is so egregious that the One who created it created a place in which it could be hidden. “And you will not fear pillage when it comes” (Job 5:21) – this is Esau and his chieftains. “At pillage and hunger you will laugh” (Job 5:22) – this is Laban, who came hungry for his [Jacob’s] wealth, to rob him.
“For your covenant will be with the rocks of the field…” (Job 5:23) – “he took one of the stones from the place, and placed it beneath his head” (Genesis 28:11). “You will know that your tent is at peace” (Job 5:24) – the incident of Reuben and Bilha,1See Genesis 35:22. the incident2See Genesis 38:1–30. of Judah and Tamar.3See Sifrei Devarim ch. 31 which states that God told Jacob that Reuben had repented.
In the case of Judah and Tamar, it is explicit in the verse that Judah admitted that he was at fault. Thus, despite the falls, Jacob's tent remained at peace (see the Peirush Maharzu on the midrash here). “When you visit your abode, you will not be lacking” (Job 5:24) – our patriarch Jacob was eighty-four years old and had never seen a drop of seminal emission.4Even unintentionally. “You shall know also that your descendants will be many, and your offspring like the grass of the earth” (Job 5:25) – Rabbi Yudan said: Our patriarch Jacob did not pass from the world until he saw six hundred thousand of his sons’ descendants.
“You will come to the grave at the right time [bakelaḥ], like a grain pile at its time” (Job 5:26). Rabbi Yitzḥak and the Rabbis, Rabbi Yitzḥak said: You will come moist [laḥ]5This means full of vitality. to your grave. The Rabbis say: You will come complete [bekhola] to the grave, full, lacking nothing, as it is stated: “Jacob arrived intact.”