Genesis 31:28 “But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goo…”

Genesis 31:28

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

World English Bible

and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.

American Standard Version

and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.

Geneva Bible 1599

But thou hast not suffered me to kisse my sonnes and my daughters: nowe thou hast done foolishly in doing so.

Darby Translation

and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.

Young's Literal Translation

and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? — now thou hast acted foolishly in doing [so];

Bible in Basic English

You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

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Cross references

“kiss”

Genesis 31:55 Ruth 1:14 1 Kings 19:20 Acts 20:37 Genesis 29:13 Exodus 4:27

Genesis 31:55 · BSB

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

Ruth 1:14 · BSB

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

1 Kings 19:20 · BSB

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?”

Acts 20:37 · BSB

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

Genesis 29:13 · BSB

When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

Exodus 4:27 · BSB

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.

“foolishly”

Genesis 31:3 Genesis 31:13 Genesis 31:24 1 Samuel 13:13 2 Chronicles 16:9 1 Corinthians 2:14

Genesis 31:3 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:13 · BSB

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

Genesis 31:24 · BSB

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.”

1 Samuel 13:13 · BSB

“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

2 Chronicles 16:9 · BSB

For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be a…

1 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27Why 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.

29I 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.’

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