¹¹ And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

¹³ And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

²⁸ And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

⁴³ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?