Genesis 31:55

and Laban rises early in the morning, and kisses his sons and his daughters, and blesses them; and Laban goes on, and turns back to his place.

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In The King James Version

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 sacrifices a sacrifice on the mountain, and calls to his brothers to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge on the mountain;

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Cross References

Genesis 18:33And YHWH goes on, when He has finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham has turned back to his place.

Genesis 28:1And Isaac calls to Jacob, and blesses him, and commands him, and says to him, “You must not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

Genesis 31:28and have not permitted me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have acted foolishly in doing [so];

Genesis 33:4and Esau runs to meet him, and embraces him, and falls on his neck, and kisses him, and they weep;

Numbers 23:8How do I pierce [when] God has not pierced? And how am I indignant [when] YHWH has not been indignant?

Numbers 24:25And Balaam rises, and goes, and turns back to his place, and Balak has also gone on 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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