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Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
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Verse 9. God, and so forth Lit. “Hail, my brother.” Bible.—Kiss him. “In former times it was the custom, in Greece, for supplicants to touch the chin, (Plin. xi. 45.) having the left hand upon the person’s knees. Iliad A.) The touched a woman’s cheeks; (Eurip. Hecuba.) or, among the Hebrews, her chin. Song of Songs 2:6. The Turks and Arabs still kiss the beard, with the utmost reverence. Thevenot xxii. Darvieux, Calmet. vii. Calmet.
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