(Genesis 31:50) "If you afflict my daughters" -- that is two; "and if you take wives in addition to my daughters" -- that is two; they were all his daughters. From where do we learn that marital relations are called "affliction"? As it is written, "if you afflict my daughters," from marital relations. "And if you take wives" and so on -- from rival wives. But say both are about rival wives? Is it written "if you take" and "if you take"? It is written "if you take" [once]. But say both are about rival wives -- one his own rivals and one brought from outside? Is it written "if you take" and "if you afflict"? Say "affliction" means excessive relations, since relations themselves are an affliction, as it is written "and he lay with her and afflicted her" -- there it means he afflicted her through additional acts. (Genesis 31:51) "Behold this heap... which I have cast [yariti]." Like one who hurls a spear. (Genesis 31:52) "This heap is a witness and the pillar is a witness": for harm you shall not pass over to me, but you may pass for commerce. (Genesis 31:53) "The God of Abraham and the god of Nahor shall judge between us": "the God of Abraham" is holy; "and the god of Nahor" is profane; "and the God of their father" serves both holy and profane. (Genesis 32:1) "And he kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them." They were grieved and afflicted, and could bless only with the mouth. "And Laban went and returned to his place" -- he returned to his wretchedness; this teaches that robbers entered his house and made an uproar in it all night. (Genesis 32:2-3) "And Jacob went on his way." How many angels accompanied Jacob? Six hundred thousand. This is what is written: "And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's camp," and the Divine Presence does not rest on fewer than six hundred thousand. The Rabbis say: one million two hundred thousand. "And he called the name of that place Mahanaim [two camps]." Rabbi Eibo said: he took from these and from those and sent an escort before him.
Laban's Covenant and the Angels Who Met Jacob at Mahanaim
Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 130:16
(בראשית לא נ) אִם תְּעַנֶּה אֶת בְּנוֹתַי. הֲרֵי שְׁתַּיִם, וְאִם תִּקַּח נָשִׁים עַל בְּנוֹתַי הֲרֵי שְׁתַּיִם, כֻּלְּהוֹן בְּנוֹתָיו הָיוּ. תַּשְׁמִּשׁ הַמִּטָּה דְּאִקְרֵי עִנּוּי מִנָּלָן, דִּכְתִיב אִם תְּעַנֶּה אֶת בְּנוֹתַי, מִתַּשְׁמִישׁ הַמִּטָּה. וְאִם תִּקַּח נָשִׁים וְכוּ', מִצָּרוֹת וְאֵימָא אִידִי וְאִידִי מִצָּרוֹת מִי כְּתִיב אִם תִּקַּח וְאִם תִּקַּח כְּתִיב, וְאֵימָא אִידִי וְאִידִי מִצָּרוֹת, חַד צָרוֹת דִּידֵיהּ וְחַד דְּאַתְיָא מֵעָלְמָא מִי כְּתִיב אִם תִּקַּח וְאִם תְּעַנֶּה אֵימָא תַּשְׁמִישׁ יְתֵרָה, דְתַשְׁמִישׁ גּוּפֵהּ עִנּוּי הוּא, דִּכְתִיב "וַיִּשְׁכַּב אוֹתָהּ וַיְעַנֶּהָ", הָתָם שֶׁעִנָּה בְּבִיאוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת. (בראשית לא נא) (עֵד) [הִנֵּה] הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְגוֹ' אֲשֶׁר יָרִיתִי. כָּזֶה שֶׁהוּא מוֹרֶה אֶת הַחֲנִית. (בראשית לא נב) עֵד הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְעֵדָה הַמַּצֵּבָה. לְרָעָה אֵין אַתָּה עוֹבֵר עָלַי, אֲבָל אַתָּה עוֹבֵר לְפְּרַקְמַטְיָא. (בראשית לא נג) אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם וֵאלֹהֵי נָחוֹר יִשְׁפְּטוּ בֵּינֵינוּ, אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם. קֹדֶשׁ, וֵאלֹהֵי נָחוֹר, חוֹל, [וֵ]אֱלֹהֵי אֲבִיכֶם, מְשַׁמֵּשׁ קֹדֶשׁ וּמְשַׁמֵּשׁ חוֹל. (בראשית לב א) וַיְנַשֵּׁק לְבָנָיו וְלִבְנוֹתָיו וַיְבָרֶךְ אֶתְהֶם, דְּווּיִים וּסְגוּפִים הָיוּ, וְלֹא הָיוּ מַפְרִינִין אֶלָּא בַּפֶּה וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָּשָׁב לָבָן לִמְקוֹמוֹ, חָזַר לִדְווּיוֹ מְלַמֵּד שֶׁנִּכְנְסוּ לִיסְטִין בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ וְהָיוּ מְקַרְקְרִין בּוֹ כָּל הַלַּיְלָה. (בראשית לב ב-ג) וְיַעֲקֹב הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֹ. כַּמָּה מַלְאָכִים הָיוּ מְלַוִּין לְיַעֲקֹב, שִׁישִּׁים רִבּוֹא. הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִיב, וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאָם מַחֲנֵה אֱלֹהִים זֶה, וְאֵין שְׁכִינָה שׁוֹרָה עַל פָּחוֹת מִשִׁשִּׂים רִבּוֹא רַבָּנָן אַמְרִין, מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים רִבּוֹא וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא מַחֲנָיִם, רַבִּי אֵיבוֹ אָמַר, נָטַל מֵאֵלּוּ וּמֵאֵלּוּ וְשָׁלַח פְּרוּזְבִּין לְפָנָיו.