Genesis 29:11

Jacob kissed Rachel and wept loudly.

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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 the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, Jacob came over, rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban, his mother's brother.

12Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative, and that he was Rebekah's son. Then 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, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they wept.

Genesis 45:2He wept loudly, the Egyptians heard it, and the house of Pharaoh heard of it.

Exodus 4:27Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” Aaron went, met him at the mountain of God, and kissed him.

Romans 16:16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

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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