Rabbi Gordon - Vayishlach: 3rd Portion
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Rabbi Yehoshua Gordon directed Chabad of the Valley in Tarzana, CA until his passing in 2016.
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Is it possible that Esau's band of 400 was gathered to claim his holdings in Seir, rather than to confront Yaakov?
Or that Yaakov was unable to join his brother at the time due to the injury to his hip?
The Torah clearly says that the 400 men were coming towards Yaakov, so there's no reason to assume anything else.
Yaakov's hip injury was healed the next morning, so that wouldn't be the reason.