Genesis 31:55

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 offered sacrifice in the mountain, and called on his brethren to eat bread. So they did eat bread, and tarried the night in the mountain.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:33And Yahweh went his way, when he had made an end. of speaking unto Abraham,—Abraham, also returned to his place.

Genesis 28:1Then Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him,—and commanded him and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Genesis 31:28and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now, hast thou done, foolishly.

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

Numbers 23:8How can I revile one whom GOD hath not reviled? Yea, how can I rage on one on whom Yahweh hath not raged?

Numbers 24:25Then Balaam arose, and went and returned unto 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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