Genesis 31:55

And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. And Laban departed and returned to his place.

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And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

In Context

54And Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brothers to eat bread. And they ate bread, and tarried all night on the mountain.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:33And LORD went his way as soon as he had left off conversing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

Genesis 28:1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and ordered him, and said to him, Thou shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Genesis 31:28and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou have done foolishly.

Genesis 33:4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him, and they wept.

Numbers 23:8How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom LORD has not defied?

Numbers 24:25And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place, and Balak also went his way.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:44-55

Jacob's Covenant with Laban. ( b. c. 1739.) 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his… Read the whole commentary →

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