Genesis 29:11

Then he hugged Rachel.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

10As soon as he saw Rachel and his uncle's sheep Jacob went to the well, he moved back that big stone from on top, he gave water to his uncle's sheep.

12He said to her, “Your father is older brother for my mother. My mother is Rebekah.” Rachel ran to tell that word to her father.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:26Then after eating Isaac said to him, “Come here to me, hug me.”

Genesis 33:4Then Esau in response ran to him, there those two hugged each other. They were crying with each other, they saw each other with happiness.

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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