Genesis 31:28

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

Genesis 31:28 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:28

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
&c.] Did not give him an opportunity of taking his farewell, which used to be done with a kiss, as it is with us at this day: by his sons he means his grandsons, and so the Targum of Jonathan, my daughters' sons; and by his daughters Rachel and Leah, and Dinah his granddaughter: thou hast done foolishly in [so] doing:
since, as he would have him believe that he was both a loser by this step he took, and exposed himself to danger, seeing it was in the power of Laban to do him hurt, as in ( Genesis 31:29 ) ; but Jacob knew what he did, and that it was the wisest part to follow the direction of God.

Genesis 31:28 In-Context

26 Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done? You have deceived me and taken off with my daughters as if they were prisoners of war.

27 Why did you leave secretly, deceiving me, and not letting me know? I would've sent you off with a celebration, with songs and tambourines and harps.

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

29 and I have the power to punish you. However, your father's God told me yesterday, ‘Be careful and don't say anything hastily to Jacob one way or the other.'

30 You've rushed off now because you missed your father's household so much, but why did you steal my gods?"