Genesis 33

Genesis 33:4:
“And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.”

Ray Ortland Files

“But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.”  Genesis 33:4
This has long struck me as one of the most beautiful verses in the Bible. I can’t read it without being moved. We all feel the power of it. When we see ex-friends reconciling, so removing every barrier that they run and embrace and fall on one another’s necks—I love that expression—and weep, the beauty of it gets to us. Not a negotiated settlement. No face-saving hypocrisy. Honest. Unforced. Deeply felt. We all perceive true reconciliation with awe. It is of God.
             --Ray Ortlund; Gospel Coalition; The Ministry of Reconciliation 5.20.23

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