Genesis 45:15
Then he gave a kiss to all his brothers, weeping over them; and after that his brothers had no fear of talking to him.
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14Then, weeping, he took Benjamin in his arms, and Benjamin himself was weeping on Joseph's neck.
Cross References
Genesis 29:11And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.
Genesis 33:4Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.
Exodus 4:27And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss.
Ruth 1:14Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.
1 Samuel 20:41And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.
Psalms 77:4\77:3\I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)
Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:2-16
Joseph Discovers Himself to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his… Read the whole commentary →