29And 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 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.
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. …
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-34)We have here, I. The joyful meeting between Jacob and his son Joseph, in which observe, 1. Jacob’s prudence in sending Judah before him to Joseph, to give him notice of his arrival in Goshen. This was a piece of respect owing to the government, under the protection of which these strangers had come to put themselves, Gen. 46:28. We should be very careful not to give offence to any, especially not…
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