That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
Genesis 32:24 (NIV)
When Jesus told the rich young ruler that he had to sell all he had and give it to the poor in order to obrtain eternal life, I wonder if the audience heard the echo from Genesis 32, where Jacob sent away his possessions in order to survive.