“God appeared…again” – Rabbi Yosei bar Ḥanina said: “Again” – as it was initially. Just as initially, it was by means of an angel,4This was when Jacob was told to return to Canaan (Genesis 31:11). so, too, the second [time] was by means of an angel. Rabbi Berekhya said: [God said:] ‘I will not associate My name with any person again; only with you and not with another, as it is stated: “I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob” (Exodus 6:3), and there is no other with them.’ Rabbi Yudan said: “Again” – I will appear to you another time. “And He blessed him” – with what blessing did He bless him? Rabbi Asi said in the name of Rabbi Yoḥanan: He blessed him with the blessing of the mourners.5Jacob’s mother, Rebecca, had died (see Bereshit Rabba 81:5).