Genesis 45:2
But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
Note wept…: Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping
He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- wept aloud
- Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping."This," says Sir J. Chardin, "is exactly the genius of the people of Asia; their sentiments of joy or grief are properly transports, and their transports are ungoverned, excessive, and truly outrageous. When anyone returns from a long journey or dies, his family burst into cries that may be heard twenty doors off; and this is renewed at different times, and continues many days, according to the vigour of the passion. Sometimes they cease all at once, and then begin as suddenly, with a greater shrillness and loudness than one could easily imagine."
- Numbers 14:1; Ruth 1:9; 2 Kings 20:3; Acts 20:37