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Genesis 29:11

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And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

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KJV King James Version

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

WEB World English Bible

Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

ASV American Standard Version

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth,

Surrounding context — Genesis 29

8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and [till] they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

12 And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] her father’s brother, and that he [was] Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.

13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

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