Genesis 33:4
Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they wept.
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In The King James Version
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
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Genesis 32:28The man said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel. For you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
Genesis 43:34Joseph sent portions to them from the food in front of him. But Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of his brothers. They drank and were merry with him.
Genesis 45:14He hugged his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
1 Samuel 20:41As soon as the young man was gone, David stood up from behind the mound, lay facedown on the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept together, with David weeping the more. + 20:41 The Hebrew text reads, David came out from beside the south . Modern versions interpret this passage in different ways because the Hebrew text is difficult to understand.
Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes at a distance, they did not recognize him. They raised their voices and wept; each tore his robe and threw dust into the air and upon his own head.
Proverbs 16:7When a person's ways are pleasing to Yahweh, 1 he makes even that person's enemies to be at peace with him. 1
Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:2-5
Jacob's Interview with Esau. ( b. c. 1739.) 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell… Read the whole commentary →