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Ramban on Genesis 33:5/רמב"ן על בראשית ל״ג:ה׳

אמִי אֵלֶּה לָּךְ שָׁאַל עַל הַנָּשִׁים וְעַל הַיְלָדִים, וְעָנָה "הַיְלָדִים אֲשֶׁר חָנַן אֱלֹהִים אֶת עַבְדֶּךָ" דֶּרֶךְ מוּסָר, כִּי לֹא רָצָה לוֹמַר שֶׁהֵם נָשָׁיו, וְהֵבִין עֵשָׂו שֶׁהֵן אִמּוֹת הַיְּלָדִים:
1WHO ARE THESE WITH THEE? Esau inquired about the women and children, and Jacob modestly answered, The children whom G-d hath graciously given thy servant, as he did not want to say that they were his wives. Esau thereby understood that they were the mothers of the children.