14And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
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.
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)Judah and his brethren were waiting for an answer, and could not but be amazed to discover, instead of the gravity of a judge, the natural affection of a father or brother. I. Joseph ordered all his attendants to withdraw, Gen. 45:1. The private conversations of friends are the most free. When Joseph would put on love he puts off state, and it was not fit his servants should be witnesses of this.…
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