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.

וכי יש לי כל, “seeing that I have everything;” he meant that he possessed everything in order to confront Esau if the need would arise to do so. This was because Joseph had already been born, so that he was in possession of fire and flame to burn Esau who has been compared by the prophet to mere straw. (Ovadiah I,18)