Genesis 29:13

And when Laban hearde certaynely tell of Iacob his sisters sonne, he ranne to meete hym, and imbraced hym, and kyssed hym, and brought hym to his house: And he tolde Laban all these thynges.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

In Context

12And Iacob tolde Rachel that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebeccaes sonne: Therefore ranne she and tolde her father.

14To whom Laban sayde: Well, thou art my bone & my fleshe. And he abode with hym the space of a moneth.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:29And Rebecca had a brother called Laban: and he ranne out vnto the man, [euen] to the well.

Genesis 45:15Moreouer he kissed al his brethren, and wept vpon them: and after that, his brethren talked with him.

Luke 7:45Thou gauest me no kysse: but she, sence the tyme I came in, hath not ceassed to kysse my feete.

Romans 16:16Salute one an other with an holy kysse. 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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