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Genesis 33:4

And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

3But he advanced himself before them, and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.

5And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed thy servant.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28And he said to him, What is thy name? and he answered, Jacob.

Genesis 43:34And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as the portions of the others. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.

Genesis 45:14And he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept on him; and Benjamin wept on his neck.

1 Samuel 20:41And when the lad went in, then David arose from the ergab, and fell upon his face, and did obeisance to him three times, and they kissed each other, and wept for each other, for a great while.

Job 2:12And when they saw him from a distance they did not know him; 1 And they cried with a loud voice, and wept, 1 And rent every one his garment, 1 And sprinkled dust upon their heads, 1

Proverbs 16:7The beginning of a good way is to do justly; 1 And it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices. 1

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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