Genesis 29:11

And Jakob kissed Rahel, and lifted up his voice and wept.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And it was, when Jakob saw Rahel the daughter of Laban, the brother of his mother, and the flock of Laban the brother of his mother, that Jakob went near, and withdrew the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban, his mother’s brother.

12And Jakob showed Rahel that he was the son of her father’s sister, and that he was the son of Revekah. And she ran and showed to her father.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:26And Izhak his father said to him, Approach now, and kiss me, my son.

Genesis 33:4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell upon his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.

Genesis 45:2And he gave forth his voice with weeping; and the Mizraee heard, and a man of Pharoh’s house heard.

Exodus 4:27And the Lord said to Aharon, Go thou to meet Mosheh in the desert. And he went, and met him at the mountain on which was revealed the glory of the Lord, and he kissed him.

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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