וַיָּ֨רָץ עֵשָׂ֤ו לִקְרָאתוֹ֙ וַֽיְחַבְּקֵ֔הוּ וַיִּפֹּ֥ל עַל־צַוָּארָ֖ו וַׄיִּׄשָּׁׄקֵ֑ׄהׄוּׄ וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃
And Eisav ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
Bereshit Rabbah 78:9 (dots over the word “kissed”).
Sefaria · Bereshit Rabbah 78:9
וישקהו — נקוד עליו. יש אומרים: נשקו בכל לבו; ויש אומרים: ביקש לנשכו.
“And he kissed him” — there are dots over it. Some say he kissed him with all his heart; others say he sought to bite him.
The dotted letters generate a famous dispute about the sincerity of the kiss.
Derash on the masoretic dots (Bereshit Rabbah).
The dots over “kissed him” leave open whether the gesture was wholehearted or hostile.