Genesis 33:4
Then ran Esau to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck,—and they wept.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 32:28Then he said—Not Jacob, shall thy name be called any more, but Israel,—For thou hast contended with God and with men and hast prevailed.
Genesis 43:34And he sent portions from before him unto them, and the portion of Benjamin exceeded the portions of them all, five-fold. And they drank and made merry with him.
Genesis 45:14Then fell he upon the neck of Benjamin his brother, and wept,—and Benjamin wept on his neck.
1 Samuel 20:41As soon as, the lad, was gone, David, arose from beside the South, and fell on his face to the earth, and bowed himself down three times,—and they kissed each other, and wept over each other, until, David, exceeded.
Job 2:12And, when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept—and rent, every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads, toward the heavens.
Proverbs 16:7When, acceptable to Yahweh, are the ways of a man, even his enemies, doth he cause to make peace with him.
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 →