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Genesis 33:4

Esau ran over to him and hugged him. He put his arms around his neck and kissed him. The two of them wept.

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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

3Then Jacob went ahead of them and bowed low to the ground seven times before approaching his brother.

5Then Esau looked around at the women and children. “Who are these people with you?” he asked. “They are the children God graciously gave your servant,” Jacob replied.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28“Jacob will no longer be your name,” said the man. “Instead you will be called Israel, because you fought with God and with men and you won.”

Genesis 43:34The food was served to them from Joseph's table, and Benjamin received five times as much as anyone else. So they ate and drank plenty with him.

Genesis 45:14He hugged Benjamin, and Benjamin hugged him back. They both wept for joy.

1 Samuel 20:41After the boy had gone, David got up from beside the pile of stones, fell facedown to the ground, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and cried together as friends, though David cried the hardest.

Job 2:12When they saw Job from a distance they hardly recognized him. They broke out into loud wailing, tore their robes, and threw dust into the air over their heads.

Proverbs 16:7When the way that people live pleases the Lord, he makes even their enemies be at peace with them.

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 →

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