Bible verse

Genesis 33:4

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

Genesis 33:4 · BSB

Genesis 33:4 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 33.

1 Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

3 But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

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

5 When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

6 Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

7 Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

8 “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

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Genesis 33:4 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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