...for mercy, and weep on the ground before him ; for this Esau was hot prepared, but ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. So wept the much injured Joseph over his cruel brothers ; so weep good men over their repentant enemies...

...his eyes and beheld Jacob his brother, the Lord touched Esau's heart, and he ran to meet his brother, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept! O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man whom thou dost shield and protect! The Lord can hold the enemy...

...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, or called to endure the...

...fervent," 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 of twenty years...

...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 done him no...

...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 done him...

...passed over before them, 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 he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women, and the children, and said, Who are those with thee ?...

...occasion, 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 was to one of high rank...

...Jacob and Esau:* Jacob " 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." So also, " Joseph fell upon his brother Benjamin's * Gen. xxxiii. 3, xlv. 14. III. His reception on...

...passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. wn ; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children ; and said, Who are those with thee ?...