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VaYishlach

  
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 33:3
 33:4
 33:5
33:4 Esau ran to meet them. He hugged [Jacob], and throwing himself on his shoulders, kissed him. They [both] wept.
Vayarats Esav likrato vayechabekehu vayipol al-tsavarav vayishakehu vayivku.
33:5 Esau looked up and saw the women and children. 'Who are these to you?' he asked.

'They are the children whom God has been kind enough to grant me,' replied [Jacob].
Vayisa et-eynav vayar et-hanashim ve'et-hayeladim vayomer mi-eleh lach vayomar hayeladim asher-chanan Elohim et-avdecha.



Commentary:

throwing himself on his shoulders
  A sign of emotion, see Genesis 45:14,15. Literally, 'falling on his neck,' but 'neck' here denotes the shoulders (Sh'muel ben Chofni Gaon on Genesis 45:14).





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