Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

Strength lodges in its neck, and despair ¹  runs before it.

So ¹  they will give ²  life to you, ³  and grace to adorn ⁴  your neck. ⁵ 

She put the skins of the young goats ¹  on his hands ²  and the smooth part of his neck.

Bind them ¹  on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he ¹  summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here ²  and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up ³  and put their feet on their necks.

“Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane? ¹ 

Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments; your neck is lovely ¹  with strings of jewels.

I did this ¹  because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze. ² 

The Lord told me, ¹  “Make a yoke ²  out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck.

The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it.

For they will be like ¹  an elegant ²  garland ³  on ⁴  your head, and like ⁵  pendants ⁶  around ⁷  your neck.

I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.

But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, ¹  who had not trusted the Lord their God.

Your ancestors, ¹  however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused ²  to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.’

We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks; ¹  we are weary and have no rest. ² 

Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, ¹  he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

At that time ¹  the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders, ²  and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large. ³ 

and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, ¹  to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. ²  There at the wadi they are to break the heifer’s neck.