Genesis 29:11
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Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
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This chapter gives us an account of God's providences concerning Jacob, pursuant to the promises made to him in the foregoing chapter. I. How he was brought in safety to his journey's end, and directed to his relations there, who bade him welcome (Gen 29:1-14). II. How he was comfortably disposed of in marriage (v. 15-30). III. How his family was built up in the birth of four sons (Gen 29:31-35). The affairs of princes and mighty nations that were then in being are not recorded in the book of God, but are left to be buried in oblivion; while these small domestic concerns of holy Jacob are particularly recorded with their minute circumstances, that they may be in everlasting remembrance. For "the memory of the just is blessed."
Open source ↗29:11 Jacob kissed Rachel: Kissing relatives was a proper greeting (29:13; cp. Song 8:1).
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Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
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.
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.
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.
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.