Genesis 29:11

Genesis 29:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.

Context of Genesis 29:11

9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. 10As soon as Jacob saw his uncle Laban’s daughter Rachel with his sheep, he went up and rolled the stone from the opening and watered his uncle Laban’s sheep. Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept loudly. 12He told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father. 13When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him, and kissed him. Then he took him to his house, and Jacob told him all that had happened.

Genesis 29:11 word by word

וַיִּשַּׁ֥ק יַעֲקֹ֖ב לְרָחֵ֑ל וַיִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת־קֹל֖וֹ וַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• kissedנָשַׁקnâshaq · to kissH5401
• Rachelרָחֵלrâchêl · RachelH7354
• and lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• his voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• and weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058

Cross-references for Genesis 29:11

• Genesis 29:13When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him, and kissed him. Then he took him to his house, and Jacob told him all that had happened.
• Genesis 27:26Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come closer and kiss me, my son.”
• Genesis 33:4But Esau ran to meet him, hugged him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. Then they wept.
• Genesis 43:30Joseph hurried out because he was overcome with emotion for his brother, and he was about to weep. He went into an inner room and wept there.
• Genesis 45:2But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and also Pharaoh’s household heard it.
• Exodus 4:27Now the Lord had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.
• Exodus 18:7So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and then kissed him. They asked each other how they had been and went into the tent.
• Romans 16:16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.

Commentaries on Genesis 29:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Jacob kissed Rachel - A simple and pure method by which the primitive inhabitants of the earth testified their friendship to each other, first abused by hypocrites, who pretended affection while their vile hearts meditated terror, (see the case of Joab), and afterwards disgraced by refiners on morals, who, while they pretended to stumble at those innocent expressions of affection and friendship, were capable of committing the grossest acts of impurity…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-35Verses 1-35 - Jacob‘s Marriage 6. רחל rāchēl Rachel, “a ewe.” 16. לאה lê'âh Leah, “wearied.” 24. זלפה zı̂lpâh Zilpah, “drop?” 29. בלהה bı̂lhâh Bilhah, “timidity.” 32. ראוּבן re'uvbēn Reuben, “behold a son.” A paronomasia in allusion to the phrase בעניי ראה be‛ānyı̂y rā'âh Derivatives and compounds, being formed by the common speaker, are sometimes founded upon resemblance in sound, and not always on precise forms of the original sentence which…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 See Rachel's humility and industry. Nobody needs to be ashamed of honest, useful labour, nor ought it to hinder any one's preferment. When Jacob understood that this was his kinswoman, he was very ready to serve her. Laban, though not the best humoured, bade him welcome, and was satisfied with the account Jacob gave of himself. While we avoid being foolishly ready to believe every thing which is told us, we must take heed of being uncharitably…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Jacob kissed Rachel: Kissing relatives was an appropriate way to greet them (29:13; compare Song 8:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-119-11. While he yet spake with them, Rachel came--Among the pastoral tribes the young unmarried daughters of the greatest sheiks tend the flocks, going out at sunrise and continuing to watch their fleecy charges till sunset. Watering them, which is done twice a day, is a work of time and labor, and Jacob rendered no small service in volunteering his aid to the young shepherdess. The interview was affecting, the reception welcome, and Jacob forgot all his…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 29:11

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Commentaries on Genesis 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings