Genesis 31:28
but you did not allow me to kiss my sons and daughters. You have acted foolishly.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 29:13As soon as Laban heard about Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, put his arms around him, kissed him many times, and brought him to his home. When Jacob told Laban all that had happened,
Genesis 31:13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar of stone, where you made a vow to me. Now arise, leave this land, and return to the land where you were born.’”
Genesis 31:55Then early in the morning Laban arose, and, when he had kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them, he departed and returned to his home.
Ruth 1:14Then they again wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth stayed with her.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:26-36
Laban's Pursuit after Jacob. ( b. c. 1739.) 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 28… Read the whole commentary →