Genesis 45:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Genesis 45:14 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 33:4
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Genesis 46:29
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.
Romans 1:31
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
Genesis 29:11
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

Topics

Forgiveness Justification Penitent Weeping

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.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14-15. And he fell upon ... Benjamin’s neck--The sudden transition from a condemned criminal to a fondled brother, might have occasioned fainting or even death, had not his tumultuous feelings been relieved by a torrent of tears. But Joseph’s attentions were not confined to Benjamin. He affectionately embraced every one of his brothers in succession; and by those actions, his forgiveness was demon…