Genesis 29:13
And it came to pass when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fondly kissed him, and brought him into his house,—when he recounted to Laban all these things.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Laban said to him, Surely, my bone and my flesh, art thou. So he abode with him a month of days.
Cross References
Genesis 24:29Now, Rebekah, had a brother, whose name, was Laban,—so Laban ran unto the man outside, unto the fountain.
Genesis 45:15Then kissed he all his brethren, and wept upon them,—and, thereafter, his brethren spake with him.
Exodus 18:7So Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and bowed himself down to him and kissed him, and they asked each other of their welfare,—and came into the tent.
Luke 7:45A kiss, to me, thou didst not give,—but, she, from the time I came in, hath not ceased tenderly kissing my feet.
Romans 16:16Salute ye one another, with a holy a kiss. All the assemblies of the 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 →