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Or HaChaim on Genesis 31:5/אור החיים על בראשית ל״א:ה׳

אוַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶן רֹאֶה אָנֹכִי וְגוֹ׳. פֵּרוּשׁ, וְאִם תֹּאמַר שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ טַעַם נָכוֹן כִּי הוּא רוֹאֶה כִּי שֶׁלְּךָ גָּדוֹל מִשֶּׁלּוֹ וּפָרַצְתָּ מְאוֹד, לָזֶה אָמַר וֵאלֹהֵי אָבִי הָיָה עִמָּדִי וְזוֹ בְּרָכָה מֵאֵת ה׳.
1 ויאמר להן ראה אני פני אביכם, He said to them: "I look upon the face of your father, etc." Jacob invited his wives to give him a reasonable sounding explanation for their father's recent hostility topwards him. In the event that his wives would justify their father's attitude by the fact that Jacob had become wealthier than their father, Jacob added "G'd was with me." He told them that his new wealth was a blessing by G'd not the result of competing with their father.