Lavan was exasperated at having been unable to harm Yaakov. After taking leave of his son-in-law, his daughters and grandchildren, he sent a message to Esav telling him of the “ingratitude” of Yaakov; how he came to Charan penniless, and thanks to Lavan he was now exceedingly wealthy. How he stealthily fled from Lavan’s home, carrying away his daughters as if they were prisoners of war and stealing Lavan’s gods. “I left him in the valley of Yabok ... you can find him there and do with him as you see fit,” said Lavan.

     But Yaakov need not have feared either Lavan or Esav, for he was escorted by two camps of angels. One brought him from Charan to the border. The other escorted him inside the Holy Land. The Ohr HaChayim zt”l tells us that Yaakov immediately recognized them as angels for no one had seen them approaching and yet, suddenly, “they met him.” 

     The Zohar compares the beginning and end of the parsha. At the beginning, it says, "ויפגע במקום" - “He (Yaakov) encountered the site.” There, he fell asleep and, in a dream, saw angels on the ladder which rose toward heaven. But at the end of the sidrah, Yaakov, in full consciousness, sees the angels coming to meet him - "ויפגעו בו מלאכי אלקים". The difference is that at the end of the sidrah, Yaakov returns to the Holy Land as a married man and father of the tribes of Israel. Accordingly, the angels come to meet him, to welcome and accompany him. But at the outset, Yaakov was still unmarried; the revelation came to him only in a dream. When Yaakov on his return journey lifts up his eyes and perceives the angels, it immediately reminds him of the vision of the “Angels of G-d” in his dream many years earlier. He makes the connection between this heavenly camp and the earthly camp coming to meet him and he names the place “Machanayim” - literally two camps. (R’ Elie Munk z”l, Call of the Torah)