Quotes about Compassion
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
— Genesis 29:31
Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
— Genesis 33:4
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
— Genesis 33:13
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
— Genesis 33:14
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
— Genesis 37:21
When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
— Genesis 40:6
So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
— Genesis 40:7
When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
— Genesis 43:29
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
— Genesis 43:30
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
— Genesis 44:34
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
— Genesis 45:1
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
— Genesis 45:4