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Ramban on Genesis 32:7/רמב"ן על בראשית ל״ב:ז׳

אוַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים אֶל יַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר הַשְּׁלוּחִים הָאֵלֶּה עָשׂוּ שְׁלִיחוּתָם אֲבָל לֹא סִפֵּר הַכָּתוּב זֶה, כִּי אֵין צֹרֶךְ. וְטַעַם "וְגַם הוֹלֵךְ לִקְרָאתְךָ" לֵאמֹר כַּאֲשֶׁר אַתָּה הוֹלֵךְ לִקְרָאתוֹ כֵּן הוּא הוֹלֵךְ לִקְרָאתֶךָ, וּמַהֵר תִּפָּגְשׁוּ זֶה בָּזֶה:
1AND THE MESSENGERS RETURNED TO JACOB, SAYING. These messengers had fulfilled their mission, but Scripture did not relate this for it would serve no purpose. The meaning of the expression, And moreover he cometh to meet thee, is that “even as you go to meet him, so he goes to meet you, and you will quickly encounter one another.”