Genesis 29:11

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

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

In Context

10When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone from the well and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

12When Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah’s son, she ran and told her father.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:26Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.”

Genesis 33:4Esau ran to meet him, threw his arms about his neck, and kissed him, and they wept.

Genesis 45:2But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians and Pharaoh’s court heard.

Romans 16:16Greet one another with a sacred kiss. All the churches of the Christ send you greetings.

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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