Rashi, on Gen 33:3

“And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times until his brother came near.”

“עבר לפניהם [AND HE HIMSELF] PASSED BEFORE THEM — He thought: if that wicked man comes to fight let him fight me first (Genesis Rabbah 78:8).”

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