Looking again at Yaakov’s behavior that was copied by Tannaim – there seems to be that Yaakov does something before doing “3 things” – “vaishlach” fisrt messengers is not part of those 3. This seems to be a preliminary step, that we now call “intelligence” – finding out the number of terrorists Esav is bringing and what is on their mind. This intelligence drives war/prayer/gifts steps.
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