Genesis 29:11

And Iaakob kissed Rahel, and lift vp his voyce and wept.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And assoone as Iaakob saw Rahel ye daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, then came Iaakob neere, and rolled the stone from the welles mouth, and watered ye flocke of Laban his mothers brother.

12(For Iaakob tolde Rahel, that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebekahs sonne) then she ranne and tolde her father.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:26Afterward his father Izhak sayd vnto him, Come neere nowe, and kisse me, my sonne.

Genesis 33:4Then Esau ranne to meete him, and embraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, and they wept.

Genesis 45:2And hee wept and cried, so that the Egyptians heard: the house of Pharaoh heard also.

Exodus 4:27Then the Lord saide vnto Aaron, Goe meete Moses in the wildernesse. And he went and mette him in the Mount of God, and kissed him.

Romans 16:16Salute one another with an holy kisse. The Churches of Christ salute 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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