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GENESIS 33:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
Gen 33:3Gen 33:5
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. The running Esau — who twenty years earlier harbored murderous intent — now runs toward his brother. Luke 15:20 records the father running to embrace the returning prodigal — the same image of reconciliation running. The application: genuine reconciliation, when it comes, is physically expressed and emotionally full. Both men wept.
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David OseiNote2mo ago
Esau Ran and Embraced Him
Jacob is terrified of meeting Esau, whom he wronged twenty years earlier by stealing his blessing. He's prepared gifts, divided his family strategically. And then Esau runs to him and embraces him. T...
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