 | John Kitto - 1845 - 1024 pages
...order to propitiate Esau, who, however, had no evil design against him ; but, when he ' saw Jacob, ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept' — the one tears of joyful recognition, the other of gladness at unexpected csca]*.... | |
 | Catharine Irene Finch - 1846 - 496 pages
...children, " and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother." " And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept. And Esau lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who... | |
 | 1864 - 726 pages
...other. Jacob had repented, and prayed earnestly to God. Afterwards, when "he came near to his brother, Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him." The sore which was in the heart of Esau was healed : all envy and hatred had passed away from... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1852 - 836 pages
...of all perfection, BUT THY COMMANDMENT IS EXCEEDING BROAD." SEP THE MEETING OF ESAU AND JACOB. " And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him -, and they wept." — Gen. xxxiii. S. THE Mighty Hunter and his roaming band, Fierce terror of... | |
 | 1846 - 644 pages
...known no more, and the danger feared and deserved has passed away. Jacob soon met his brother. "And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him ; and they wept." Such was the fruit of his wrestling with the angel. How easily can God disperse... | |
 | James Rawson - 1848 - 132 pages
...unexpected character of the meeting of the estranged brothers was the result of celestial mediation? "And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him ; and they wept." Often, while walking in the steps of Abraham's faith, solitary and perplexed,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 414 pages
...and importunate prayer. On the day following the midnight struggle of Jacob, these brothers met, "and Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him ; and they wept." Here is the answer to Jacob's prayer; here is the delightful issue of a controversy... | |
 | William Hamilton Drummond - 1848 - 228 pages
...kind affections of his nature triumph over every feeling of resentment—and " when Esau met Jacob, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept."—Gen. xxxiii. 4. Had the Reformer conducted himself thus, to a man who had actually... | |
 | John Williamson Nevin - 1849 - 488 pages
...Jacob, we are told, " bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother; and Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept." (Gen. xxxiii. 3-4') When one person made a visit to another, especially if it... | |
 | Church of England - 1849 - 1236 pages
...over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. And for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have co him : and they wept. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children ; and said, Who... | |
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And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 
