Genesis 45:15

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

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

In Context

14And he falls on the neck of his brother Benjamin, and weeps, and Benjamin has wept on his neck;

16And the sound has been heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, “The brothers of Joseph have come”; and it is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants,

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Cross References

Genesis 29:11And Jacob kisses Rachel, and lifts up his voice, and weeps,

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

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,

Ruth 1:14And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisses her mother-in-law, and Ruth has cleaved to her.

1 Samuel 20:41The youth has gone, and David has risen from Ezel, at the south, and falls on his face to the earth, and bows himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep with one another, until David exerted himself;

Psalms 77:4You have taken hold of the watches of my eyes, || I have been moved, and I do not speak.

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 →

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