Genesis 31:28
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
Genesis 31:28 in other translations
| BSB | But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing. |
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| WEB | and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly. |
| ASV | and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly. |
| YLT | and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? --now thou hast acted foolishly in doing so; |
| DARBY | and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly. |
| BBE | You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do. |
| Webster | And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons, and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. |
What does Genesis 31:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 31:26-30
26-30. Laban said ... What hast thou done?--Not a word is said of the charge (Ge 31:1). His reproaches were of a different kind. His first charge was for depriving him of the satisfaction of giving Jacob and his family the usual salutations at parting. In the East it is customary, when any are setting out to a great distance, for their relatives and friends to accompany them a considerable way with music and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 31:22-35
God can put a bridle in the mouth of wicked men, to restrain their malice, though he do not change their hearts. Though they have no love to God's people, they will pretend to it, and try to make a merit of necessity. Foolish Laban! to call those things his gods which could be stolen! Enemies may steal our goods, but not our God. Here Laban lays to Jacob's charge things that he knew not. Those who commit their cause…
Genesis 31:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 31:28
- 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 unto his place.
- 1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
- Ruth 1:14
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
- Acts 20:37
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
- Genesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- Exodus 4:27
And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
- Genesis 29:13
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
- Genesis 31:3
And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
- 1 Samuel 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
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Context
- Genesis 31:27
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?
- Genesis 31:28
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
- Genesis 31:29
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Genesis 31:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que aun no me dejaste besar mis hijos y mis hijas. Ahora locamente has hecho. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tu ne m’as pas laissé embrasser mes fils et mes filles; en cela, tu as agi follement. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und hast mir nicht zugelassen, meine Söhne und meine Töchter zu küssen? Nun, du hast töricht gehandelt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non es passus ut oscularer filios meos et filias: stulte operatus es: et nunc quidem |