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 the flock that belonged to her father (for she was a shepherdess). 10Now when Jacob saw Rachel (the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother), Jacob stepped forward and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered the flock of Laban, his mother’s brother. Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept. 12Then Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. So she ran and told her father. 13Now when Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, hugged and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Then he told Laban all these things.

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 29:13Now when Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, hugged and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Then he told Laban all these things.
• 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, fell on his neck and kissed him—and they wept.
• Genesis 43:30Then Joseph hurried out because his compassion grew warm and tender toward his brother so that he wanted to cry. So he went into an inner room and wept there.
• Genesis 45:2But he gave his voice to weeping so that the Egyptians heard, and Pharaoh’s household heard.
• Exodus 4:27Now Adonai said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” 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, then bowed down and kissed him. They asked each other about their welfare, and went into the tent.
• Romans 16:16Greet one another with a holy kiss. All of Messiah’s communities greet you.

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

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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