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Genesis 29:11

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9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

12 He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.

13 When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

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BSB
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
KJV
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
WEB
Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
ASV
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
DARBY
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
BLB
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and he lifted up his voice and wept.
ÅB
Og Jakob kysset Rakel og brast i gråt.
OTB
Jakob hilste så Rakel med et kyss og gråt åpenlyst.
B1930
Og Jakob kysset Rakel og brast i gråt.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 33:4

    Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

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  • Genesis 45:2

    But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.

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  • Genesis 43:30

    Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

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  • Genesis 45:14–15

    Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.

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  • Genesis 29:13

    When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

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  • Exodus 18:7

    So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

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  • Genesis 27:26

    Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”

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  • Exodus 4:27

    Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.

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