Genesis 29:11 (WEB)
Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Fathers and councils · 3
Ambrose of Milan
“What of Rachel, how she, when Jacob’s kiss had been taken, wept and groaned, and would not have ceased weeping had she not known him to be a kinsman?” — editor's note: Gen. xxix. 11.
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Jerome
“Rachel too is a drawer of water and wins a kiss thereby from the supplanter Jacob.” — editor's note: Gen. xxix. 10, 11.
Read the whole comment“Jacob, the son of Isaac and Rebecca, when in fear of his brother’s treachery he had gone to Mesopotamia, drew nigh and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the flocks of Laban, his mother’s brother.” — editor's note: Gen. xxix. 11.
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Cross-references · 7
Parallel passages
Genesis 29:11 and 1 Samuel 24:16 share the same wording (6 words).
Genesis 29:11 and 2 Samuel 3:32 share the same wording (6 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.3.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.3.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.3.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.3.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.3.