Genesis 29:11

he kissed her, and he wept with voice raised. (he kissed her, and with his voice raised up, he wept for joy.)

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And when Jacob saw her, and knew (her to be) the daughter of (Laban), his mother’s brother, and the sheep (to be) of Laban his uncle, he removed the stone with which the well was closed; and when the flock was watered,

12And Jacob showed to her that he was the brother of her father, and the son of Rebecca; and she hasted, and told to her father. (And Jacob told her that he was her father’s kinsman, and Rebecca’s son; and she hastened home, and told her father.)

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Cross References

Genesis 27:26Isaac said to him, My son, come thou hither, and give to me a kiss.

Genesis 33:4And so Esau ran against his brother (or And Esau ran to meet his brother), and embraced him, and Esau held his neck, and kissed him, and (they) wept (together).

Genesis 45:2And Joseph raised up his voice with weeping, which the Egyptians heard, and all the house (hold) of Pharaoh.

Exodus 4:27Forsooth the Lord said to Aaron, Go thou into the coming of Moses into desert; which went against Moses into the hill of God, and kissed him. (And the Lord said to Aaron, Go thou into the wilderness to meet Moses; and so he went to meet Moses at God’s mountain, and kissed him.)

Romans 16:16Greet ye well together in holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you well. (Give hearty greetings to one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of the Messiah send you hearty greetings.)

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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