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Genesis 31:28

26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

27 Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

29 I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

30 Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
KJV
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
WEB
and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.
ASV
and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.
DARBY
and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.
BLB
And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters! Now you have acted foolishly in doing [this].
ÅB
Du lot meg ikke engang få kysse mine sønner og døtre; det var uforstandig gjort av deg.
OTB
Du lot meg ikke engang kysse mine barnebarn og mine døtre farvel. Du har handlet uklokt.
B1930
Du lot mig ikke engang få kysse mine sønner og døtre; det var uforstandig gjort av dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 31:55

    Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.

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  • 1 Kings 19:20

    So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”

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  • Ruth 1:14

    Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

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  • Acts 20:37

    They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.

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  • Genesis 31:24

    But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

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  • Exodus 4:27

    Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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  • Genesis 31:13

    I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”

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