¹¹ Then Jacob kissed^(A) Rachel and began to weep aloud.^(B)

The People Rebel

14 That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.^(A)

⁴ When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,^(A)

² The people went to Bethel,^[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.

⁹ May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest^(A) in the home of another husband.”

Then she kissed^(B) them goodbye and they wept aloud^(C)

⁴ When the messengers came to Gibeah^(A) of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept^(B) aloud.

⁴ So David and his men wept^(A) aloud until they had no strength left to weep.

¹⁷ Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears,^(A) he could not change what he had done.