Genesis 29:13

And it comes to pass, when Laban hears the report of his sister’s son Jacob, that he runs to meet him, and embraces him, and kisses him, and brings him into his house; and he recounts to Laban all these things,

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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 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.

14and Laban says to him, “You [are] surely my bone and my flesh”; and he dwells with him a month of days.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:29And Rebekah has a brother, and his name [is] Laban, and Laban runs to the man who [is] outside, to the fountain;

Genesis 45:15and he kisses all his brothers, and weeps over them; and afterward his brothers have spoken with him.

Exodus 18:7And Moses goes out to meet his father-in-law, and bows himself, and kisses him, and they ask of one another of welfare, and come into the tent;

Luke 7:45you did not give a kiss to Me, but this woman, from what [time] I came in, did not cease kissing My feet;

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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