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Jacob Meets Rachel

Genesis 29:11

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
And Jacob kisses Rachel, and lifts up his voice, and weeps,
YLT
And Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth,
DBY
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
DRC
And having watered the flock, he kissed her: and lifting up his voice, wept.
GNV
And Iaakob kissed Rahel, and lift vp his voyce and wept.
JPS
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
LXXE
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and cried with a loud voice and wept.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשַּׁ֥ק יַעֲקֹ֖ב לְרָחֵ֑ל וַיִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת־קֹל֖וֹ וַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐφίλησεν Ἰακὼβ τὴν Ῥαχὴλ, καὶ βοήσας τῇ φωνῇ αὐτοῦ ἔκλαυσε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 33:4Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
  • Genesis 43:30Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
  • Genesis 45:14–15Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced. Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
  • Genesis 45:2But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
  • Exodus 18:7So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
  • Exodus 4:27Meanwhile, 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.
  • Genesis 29:13When 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.
  • Romans 16:16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.
  • Genesis 27:26Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”

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