[Avodah] Yaakov's division of his family into two camps

[Elchanan Schulgasser]

Does anyone know how Yaakov Avinu divided his family before his encounter
with Eisav? I looked around a bit but couldn't find anyone who addresses
this specific question (although there's an intriguing Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh
which explains that he armed one camp and left one unarmed, ibid.)

Some suggestions might be:
Rachel in one camp, Leah in the other, each with her respective shifchah.

Leah in one camp, the other wives in the other camp (balance of numbers)

Representatives from each maternal family in each camp (to preserve elements
of each family if one camp is wiped out.)

Etc.

Has anyone seen a p'shat?

Elchanan Schulgasser
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