Genesis 29:11

And Jacob kisses Rachel, and lifts up his voice, and weeps,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

10and it comes to pass, when Jacob has seen Rachel, daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, and the flock of his mother’s brother Laban, that Jacob comes near and rolls the stone from off the mouth of the well, and waters the flock of his mother’s brother Laban.

12and Jacob declares to Rachel that he [is] her father’s brother, and that he [is] Rebekah’s son, and she runs and declares [it] to her father.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:26And his father Isaac says to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son”;

Genesis 33:4and Esau runs to meet him, and embraces him, and falls on his neck, and kisses him, and they weep;

Genesis 45:2and he gives forth his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians hear, and the house of Pharaoh hears.

Exodus 4:27And YHWH says to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses”; and he goes, and meets him on the mountain of God, and kisses him,

Romans 16:16greet one another in a holy kiss; the assemblies of Christ greet 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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