Rashi asks : Why is it said first, " he tarried all night," and
then it is said, "because the sun was set"? It ought to have
stated the reverse ; first, " the sun set," and then, " he tarried
all night." The explanation is : The sun set before its time
in order that he should tarry there all night.
Another explanation is : " He tarried there all night, because
the sun was set " before its time, otherwise he would have
travelled on in order to be at a greater distance from Esau.
From this we learn that a man should not travel at night even
in a case of necessity. As our sages say : Let a man ever go
out when " it was good" and come in when " it was good ; "
that is : Let a man enter a city before the sun sets, and let
him leave it after the sun rises. ^

And he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his
pillows. Rashi asks: Here it is said, "And he took of the
stones" and further on (ver. 18), "And he took the stone"
which means one stone. The explanation is : Jacob took many
stones and laid them as a wall round about him, that the wild
beasts should do him no harm whilst asleep during the night ;
the stones then began to quarrel, each striving that the sleep-
ing saint should have his head laid upon it, but God made

literature, God is often called DIpD, Makom, "Place," because He is the
space of the Universe, though the Universe does not constitute His space.
