'Around' in the Bible

But Esau ran to meet him, hugged him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. Then they wept.

When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand, and the midwife took it and tied a scarlet thread around it, announcing, “This one came out first.”

Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, clothed him with fine linen garments, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

Joseph gathered all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and put it in the cities. He put the food in every city from the fields around it.

Then Joseph threw his arms around Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his shoulder.

Joseph hitched the horses to his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, threw his arms around him, and wept for a long time.

Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.