Reading the beginning of , "And God appeared to Jacob "again" (, "od")," Rabbi Jose bar Rabbi Hanina taught that "again" implies that God appeared this time as on the first occasion in . As on the first occasion, God spoke to Jacob through an angel, so on this occasion, it was through an angel. Alternatively, Rabbi Judan taught that the word "again" intimated that God would once again reveal God's self to Jacob, at Beersheba, on Jacob's descent into Egypt, in .