A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

VERSE STUDY • KJV

Genesis 33:4

KJVBSBWEBASVYLT
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

Read it in 5 translations

KJV King James Version

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

WEB World English Bible

Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.

ASV American Standard Version

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;

Surrounding context — Genesis 33

1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who [are] those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

Read the whole chapter → · About Genesis →

Topics connected to this verse

Original-language word links

These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

Cross-references

Genesis 45:14-15And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.Psalm 34:4I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.Luke 15:20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.Genesis 45:2And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.Genesis 46:29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.Acts 20:37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,Genesis 43:30And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought [where] to weep; and he entered into [his] chamber, and wept there.Job 2:12And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.Nehemiah 1:11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.Proverbs 16:7When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.Genesis 43:34And he took [and sent] messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.