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SALUTATIONS
right shoulder, and kissing him upon the left cheek' ;I
'or, again, a nl.ul nlll place his right hand on his
friend's left rhuuider, and kiss hi5 right cheek, arid then
lay his left hand on his right shoulder, and km his left
cherk.' A third mode o~ralutation may be mentioned.
The oerson who eives - the kiss lavr the rieht hand under
the head of his friend and supports it while it receives
the kirr. This custom ir referred to in the account of
JoaWs ariasrination of Amasa (2s. 209). One or the
other of the two former customs may crdain the account
of the entertainment of Jesus by ~fmon the Pharisee, in
which none of the usual courfesier were granted to the
wandering teacher-'thou gavert me no kiss' (1.k. 7,~).
Abwlom's selCseeking grniality to the common people
(2s. 155) may best be brought into connection with the
second form ithe hand on the shoulderl.
The cheek: the forehead, the beard: the hands, the
feet may be kissed, but not (in Palestine) the lips.
Two p ~w~~cr of AV rcem to conrrrdicl this In the MT of
Gcn, 4110 (literally rendcrcd) the Pharsoh is mads to say to hi:
Hebiew vizier, 'Upon thy mouth shall all my people kirr.
Diilmann and Dclitr3ch render' Accordingto thy mouth ( =coy
mand)rhallall mypeopleorddddhcmhIv~s'(ror R ) . Thrs
is, at any rite, not againrt the social curtomr of the En",: but
no H~brew writer would have cxpresscd his meaning thus.
It is better to read 'shall obey thee' (3,dp. . . 4'5yl .. : see Crif.
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