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Summary

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Bible References

And fell

Genesis 33:4
But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.
Genesis 45:14
Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
Genesis 46:29
Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.
Acts 20:37
They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him,

General references

Isaiah 65:24
Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Lamentations 3:32
Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.
Jonah 3:9
Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die."
1 Corinthians 11:31
But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

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