But Esau(A) ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.(B) And they wept.(C)

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

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14 Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin(A) embraced him,(B) weeping. 15 And he kissed(C) all his brothers and wept over them.(D) Afterward his brothers talked with him.(E)

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14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

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I sought the Lord,(A) and he answered me;
    he delivered(B) me from all my fears.

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I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

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20 So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.(A)

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20 And 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.

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37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.(A)

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37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,

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28 Then the man said, “Your name(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.

28 And 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.

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When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
    he causes their enemies to make peace(A) with them.(B)

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When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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29 Joseph had his chariot(A) made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel.(B) As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father[a] and wept(C) for a long time.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 46:29 Hebrew around him

29 And 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.

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And he wept(A) so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.(B)

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

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12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him;(A) they began to weep aloud,(B) and they tore their robes(C) and sprinkled dust on their heads.(D)

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12 And 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.

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11 Lord, let your ear be attentive(A) to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor(B) in the presence of this man.”

I was cupbearer(C) to the king.

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11 O 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.

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30 Deeply moved(A) at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept(B) there.

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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.

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21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
    that he channels toward all who please him.(A)

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21 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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