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Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
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Verse 11. Kissed her, according to the custom of the country, (Calmet. 24:26,) having told her who he was. He was not so young, that she could suspect him guilty of an unbecoming levity, being above 77 years old. Calmet. 27:1. Bible.—In that age of simplicity, beautiful maids might converse with shepherds, without suspicion or danger. Menochius.—Wept, through tenderness, and perhaps on account of his present inability to make her a suitable present. Calmet.
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