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Genesis 33:4

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33:4 But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.

Genesis 45:14

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45:14 Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

Genesis 46:29

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46:29 Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, 1  he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

Acts 20:37

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20:37 They all began to weep loudly, 2  and hugged 3  Paul and kissed him, 4 
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[46:29]  1 tn Heb “and he appeared to him.”

[20:37]  2 tn Grk “weeping a great deal,” thus “loudly” (BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός and BDAG 546 s.v. κλαυθμός).

[20:37]  3 tn Grk “fell on Paul’s neck” (an idiom, see BDAG 1014 s.v. τράχηλος).

[20:37]  4 sn The Ephesians elders kissed Paul as a sign of both affection and farewell. The entire scene shows how much interrelationship Paul had in his ministry and how much he and the Ephesians meant to each other.



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