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ותגשן השפחות וגו' ותשתחוין. השפחות אבל ילדיהן לא השתחוו שאמרו אמותינו אינן חשובות כמונו אבל בני לאה כשראו לאמן שהשתחוה גם הם השתחוו כמוה: ותגשן השפחות....ותשתחון, “the servant maids drew near and prostrated themselves (before Esau);” the emphasis in this verse is on the servant maids, to tell us that their children did not prostrate themselves. They considered their respective mothers as socially inferior to themselves. On the other hand, when the children of Leah observed that their mother prostrated herself they followed their mother’s example and did likewise.