Genesis 29:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

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  • Gen 24:29 : 29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.
  • Gen 45:15 : 15 Then he gave a kiss to all his brothers, weeping over them; and after that his brothers had no fear of talking to him.
  • Exod 4:27 : 27 And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss.
  • Exod 18:7 : 7 And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.
  • 2 Sam 19:39 : 39 Then all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king gave Barzillai a kiss, with his blessing; and he went back to his place.
  • Luke 7:45 : 45 You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet.
  • Acts 20:37 : 37 And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,
  • Rom 16:16 : 16 Give one another a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send their love to you.
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 29:9-12
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    9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

    10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

    11 And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.

    12 And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

  • Gen 29:14-16
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    14 And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.

    15 Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

    16 Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 33:4
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    4 Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.

  • Gen 31:25-26
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    25 Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

    26 And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

  • Gen 31:55
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    55 And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

  • Gen 24:28-30
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    28 So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house

    29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.

    30 And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.

  • Gen 31:22-23
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    22 And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.

    23 And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 29:22-23
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    22 And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

    23 And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

  • Gen 29:5-6
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    5 And he said to them, Have you any knowledge of Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We have.

    6 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

  • Gen 31:1-4
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    1 Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

    2 And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

    3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

    4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

  • Gen 29:19
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    19 And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.

  • Gen 28:5
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    5 So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

  • Gen 46:29
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    29 And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.

  • Gen 42:29
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    29 So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,