זוהר בראשית — דף קעב ע”א

Rabbi Abba says that Esau’s anger weakened when he saw Jacob, because Esau’s appointed prince agreed above, and dominion below depends on dominion above. Rabbi Elazar explains “Let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on slowly”: Jacob does not want the first blessings now, since they were deferred to the end of days; Esau will exercise his dominion first in this world, until Jacob’s time comes to rule over “the mountain of Esau.” Rabbi Hiyya then opens with “Unless the Lord builds the house” and describes the house formed from the darkness, the tree within it, and the spirits that enter it at night, until the darkness stirs and a herald proclaims.