Genesis 29 · Verse 11

Genesis 29:11

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 29:11, King James Version

Genesis 29:11 in other translations

BSBThen Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
WEBJacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
ASVAnd Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
YLTAnd Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth,
DARBYAnd Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
BBEAnd weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.
WebsterAnd Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

What does Genesis 29:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 29:9-11

9-11. 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Jacob 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. And lifted up his voice - It may be, in thanksgiving to God for the favor he had shown him, in conducting him thus far in peace and safety. And wept - From a sense of the goodness of his heavenly Father, and his own unworthiness of the success with which he had been favored. The same expressions of kindness and pure affection are repeated on the part of Laban, Gen 29:13.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 29:9-14

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…

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Genesis 29:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשַּׁ֥קvai.yi.Shakand he kissedH5401
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
לְרָחֵ֑לle.ra.Chel<to> RachelH7354
וַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'and he lifted upH5375
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
קֹל֖וֹko.Lovoice hisH6963
וַיֵּֽבְךְּ\׃vai.Ye.vekand he weptH1058

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 29:11

  • Genesis 33:4

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

  • Genesis 45:2

    And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

  • Genesis 43:30

    And 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.

  • Genesis 45:14-15

    And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

  • Genesis 29:13

    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.

  • Exodus 18:7

    And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

  • Genesis 27:26

    And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

  • Exodus 4:27

    And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

  • Romans 16:16

    Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
kissed.
13; 27:26; 33:4; 43:30; 45:2,14,15; Ex 4:27; 18:7; Ro 16:16
and wept.
33:4; 43:30; 45:2,14,15

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Context

  • Genesis 29:10

    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.

  • Genesis 29:11

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

  • Genesis 29:12

    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.

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Genesis 29:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jacob besó á Rachêl, y alzó su voz, y lloró.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jacob embrassa Rachel, et éleva sa voix, et pleura.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jakob küßte Rahel und erhob seine Stimme und weinte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et adaquato grege, osculatus est eam: et elevata voce flevit,