Parallel Verses English Standard Version Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud. King James Bible And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. American Standard Version And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. Douay-Rheims Bible And having watered the flock, he kissed her: and lifting up his voice, wept. English Revised Version And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. Webster's Bible Translation And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. Genesis 29:11 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentJacob asked the shepherds where they lived; from which it is probable that the well was not situated, like that in Genesis 24:11, in the immediate neighbourhood of the town of Haran; and when they said they were from Haran, he inquired after Laban, the son, i.e., the descendant, of Nahor, and how he was (לו השׁלום: is he well?; and received the reply, "Well; and behold Rachel, his daughter, is just coming (בּאה particip.) with the flock." When Jacob thereupon told the shepherds to water the flocks and feed them again, for the day was still "great," - i.e., it wanted a long while to the evening, and was not yet time to drive them in (to the folds to rest for the night) - he certainly only wanted to get the shepherds away from the well, that he might meet with his cousin alone. But as Rachel came up in the meantime, he was so carried away by the feelings of relationship, possibly by a certain love at first sight, that he rolled the stone away from the well, watered her flock, and after kissing her, introduced himself with tears of joyous emotion as her cousin (אביה אחי, brother, i.e., relation of her father) and Rebekah's son. What the other shepherds thought of all this, is passed over as indifferent to the purpose of the narrative, and the friendly reception of Jacob by Laban is related immediately afterwards. When Jacob had told Laban "all these things," - i.e., hardly "the cause of his journey, and the things which had happened to him in relation to the birthright" (Rosenmller), but simply the things mentioned in Genesis 29:2-12 - Laban acknowledged him as his relative: "Yes, thou art my bone and my flesh" (cf. Genesis 2:23 and Judges 9:2); and thereby eo ipso ensured him an abode in his house. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge kissed. Genesis 27:26 And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. Genesis 45:2,14,15 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard... Romans 16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you. and wept. Genesis 45:2,14,15 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard... Cross References Genesis 29:10 Now as soon as Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob came near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. Genesis 33:4 But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. Jump to Previous Aloud Jacob Joy Kiss Kissed Kisseth Lifted Rachel Voice Weep Weepeth Weeping WeptJump to Next Aloud Jacob Joy Kiss Kissed Kisseth Lifted Rachel Voice Weep Weepeth Weeping WeptLinks Genesis 29:11 NIVGenesis 29:11 NLT Genesis 29:11 ESV Genesis 29:11 NASB Genesis 29:11 KJV Genesis 29:11 Bible Apps Genesis 29:11 Biblia Paralela Genesis 29:11 Chinese Bible Genesis 29:11 French Bible Genesis 29:11 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |