Genesis 29:11

And having watered the flock, he kissed her. And lifting up his voice, he wept.

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And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

In Context

10When Jacob had seen her, and he realized that she was his maternal first cousin, and that these were the sheep of his uncle Laban, he removed the stone which closed the well.

12And he revealed to her that he was a brother of her father, and the son of Rebekah. And so, hurrying, she announced it to her father.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:26he said to him, “Come to me and give me a kiss, my son.”

Genesis 33:4And so Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him. And drawing him by his neck and kissing him, he wept.

Genesis 45:2And he lifted up his voice with weeping, which the Egyptians heard, along with the entire house of Pharaoh.

Exodus 4:27Then the Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet Moses.” And he went directly to meet him on the mountain of God, and he kissed him.

Romans 16:16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:10-15

Rachel's Humility and Industry. ( b. c. 1760.) 9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and… Read the whole commentary →

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