 So God brought Esau against him, bent on killing Jacob, and Esau took a huge gift from him of the 200 goats and other gifts reported in yet Jacob did not fulfill his vow.So God brought the angel against him, and the angel wrestled with Jacob but did not kill him, as reports, “Jacob was left alone.And a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn.” The Midrash taught that it was Samael, Esau's guardian angel, who wanted to kill him, as reports, “He saw that he could not prevail against him.” But Jacob left disabled.