Genesis 31:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell? What you have done is foolish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons [grandchildren] and my daughters good-bye? Now you have done foolishly [in behaving like this].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.

Common English Bible

²⁸ You didn’t even let me kiss my sons and my daughters good-bye. Now you’ve acted like a fool,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ You have not permitted me to kiss my sons and daughters. You have acted foolishly. And now, indeed,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ Thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and daughters: thou hast done foolishly: and now, indeed,

Genesis 31:28 Cross References

Genesis 29:13

When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran to meet him; he embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things,

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and return to the land of your birth.’ ”

Genesis 31:24

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, “Take heed that you say not a word to Jacob, either good or bad.”

Genesis 31:29

It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Take heed that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’

Genesis 31:3

Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your ancestors and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:55

Early in the morning Laban rose up and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them; then he departed and returned home.

Genesis 32:1

Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him;

1 Kings 19:20

He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” Then Elijah said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the entire earth to strengthen those whose heart is true to him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”

Exodus 4:27

The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he went, and he met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.

Acts 20:37

There was much weeping among them all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,

1 Corinthians 2:14

Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Ruth 1:14

Then they wept aloud again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

Ruth 1:9

The Lord grant that you may find security, each of you in the house of your husband.” Then she kissed them, and they wept aloud.

1 Samuel 13:13

Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which he commanded you. The Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever,