Jacob Meets Esau
Genesis 33:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
- KJV
- And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
- WEB
- Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
- ASV
- And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
- LSV
- and Esau runs to meet him, and embraces him, and falls on his neck, and kisses him, and they weep;
- YLT
- and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;
- DBY
- And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.
- DRC
- Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept.
- GNV
- Then Esau ranne to meete him, and embraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, and they wept.
- JPS
- And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.
- LXXE
- And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads צַוָּארָ֖ו; read aloud (Qere) reads צַוָּארָ֖יו (“neck his”).
- Written (Ketiv): צַוָּארוֹ. Read aloud (Qere): צַוָּארָ֖יו (“neck his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיָּ֨רָץ עֵשָׂ֤ו לִקְרָאתוֹ֙ וַֽיְחַבְּקֵ֔הוּ וַיִּפֹּ֥ל עַל־צַוָּארָ֖ו וַׄיִּׄשָּׁׄקֵ֑ׄהׄוּׄ וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.Puncta extraordinaria -- a \u05c4 is used to mark such marks in the text when they are above the line and a \u05c5 when they are below the line.
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ προσέδραμεν Ἡσαῦ εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῷ· καὶ περιλαβὼν αὐτὸν προσέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτόν· καὶ ἔκλαυσαν ἀμφότεροι.
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- 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.
- Psalms 34:4I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
- Luke 15:20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
- Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
- Genesis 46:29Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
- Acts 20:37They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
- Genesis 45:2But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
- Nehemiah 1:11O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that…
- Genesis 43:30Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
- Proverbs 16:7When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
- Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
- Genesis 43:34When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
- Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
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