Genesis 29:11

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

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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 went near, and 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. She ran and told her father.

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Cross References

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

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

Genesis 45:2He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

Exodus 4:27The LORD said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him.

Romans 16:16Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies 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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