Genesis 33:4
And so Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him. And drawing him by his neck and kissing him, he wept.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
In Context
3And advancing, he reverenced prostrate on the ground seven times, until his brother approached.
Cross References
Genesis 32:28But he said, “Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?”
Genesis 43:34taking the portions that they received from him. And the greater portion went to Benjamin, so much so that it exceeded five parts. And they drank and became inebriated along with him.
Genesis 45:14And then falling upon the neck of his brother Benjamin, he embraced him and wept. And likewise, Benjamin wept at the same time on his neck.
1 Samuel 20:41And when the boy had gone away, David rose up from his place, which turned toward the south, and falling prone on the ground, he reverenced three times. And kissing one another, they wept together, but David more so.
Job 2:12And when they had raised up their eyes from a distance, they did not recognize him, and, crying out, they wept, and, tearing their garments, they scattered dust over their heads into the sky.
Proverbs 16:7When the ways of man will please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:2-5
Jacob's Interview with Esau. ( b. c. 1739.) 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell… Read the whole commentary →