And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Ver. 26. Come near now, and kiss me, my son.] Kissing is a symbol of sweetest love: and those that "love out of a pure heart fervently," 1Pe 1:22 do therefore kiss, as desiring to transfuse, if it might be, the souls of either into other, and to become one with the party so beloved, and, in the best sense, kissed.