Genesis 29:13

And it came to pass, when Lavan heard the news of Ya'akov ben achoto, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his bais. And he told Lavan all these things.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Ya'akov told Rachel that he was the relative of her av, and that he was ben Rivkah; and she ran and told her av.

14And Lavan said to him, Surely thou art my etzem (bone) and my basar. And he abode with him the space of a chodesh (month).

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Cross References

Genesis 24:29And Rivkah had an ach, shmo Lavan; Lavan ran out unto the ish, unto the ayin.

Genesis 45:15Moreover he kissed all his achim, and wept upon them; and after that his achim talked with him.

Exodus 18:7And Moshe went out to meet his khoten, bowed low, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their shalom (welfare); and they came into the ohel.

Luke 7:45You did not give me neshikah (kiss), but she, from the time I entered, did not stop kissing my feet.

Romans 16:16Greet one another with a neshikat hakodesh. All the Kehillot of Moshiach send you Drishat Shalom.

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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