Genesis 29:11

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And when Jacob saw her, and knew her to be his cousin-german, and that they were the sheep of Laban, his uncle: he removed the stone wherewith the well was closed.

12And he told her that he was her father's brother, and the son of Rebecca: but she went in haste and told her father.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:26He said to him: Come near me, and give me a kiss, my son.

Genesis 33:4Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept.

Genesis 45:2And he lifted up his voice with weeping, which the Egyptians and all the house of Pharao heard. \

Exodus 4:27And the Lord said to Aaron: Go into the desert to meet Moses. And he went forth to meet him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.

Romans 16:16Salute one another with an holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute 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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