Why Jacob Sent the Herds Apart and Hid Dinah in a Chest

"And he gave them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself" (Genesis 32:17). Why did he not bring them in all mixed together? In order to astonish him [Esau] at the size of his gift. And why did he not bring them all in at once? In order to fill the eyes of that wicked man: one drove comes to an end, and Jacob's man says, "Accept it"; another comes to an end, and he says, "Accept it." "And the gift passed over before him" (Genesis 32:22) - he too was in distress. "And he rose up that night and took his two wives" (Genesis 32:23). And where was Dinah? He placed her in a chest and locked it before her. He said: That wicked man's eye is haughty; perhaps he will lift his eyes and see her and take her from me. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: "To one in despair, kindness is due from his friend" (Job 6:14) - you withheld your kindness from your brother. You would not give her to him as a wife and bring him under the wings of the Divine Presence. Since you would not let her be married in a permitted way, she will be taken by way of transgression. This is what is written: "And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, went out" (Genesis 34:1).