Genesis 45:15
He kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers were able to start talking with him.
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14He hugged Benjamin, and Benjamin hugged him back. They both wept for joy.
Cross References
Genesis 29:11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept for joy.
Genesis 33:4Esau ran over to him and hugged him. He put his arms around his neck and kissed him. The two of them wept.
Exodus 4:27The Lord had told Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the desert.” So Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God and greeted him with a kiss.
Ruth 1:14They started crying loudly again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye. But Ruth held on tightly to Naomi.
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.
Psalms 77:4You stop me going to sleep; I'm so upset I can't even talk.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:2-16
Joseph Discovers Himself to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his… Read the whole commentary →