Genesis 31:28

28 You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.

Genesis 31:28 in Other Translations

KJV
28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
ESV
28 And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell? Now you have done foolishly.
NLT
28 Why didn’t you let me kiss my daughters and grandchildren and tell them good-bye? You have acted very foolishly!
MSG
28 But you wouldn't permit me so much as a kiss for my daughters and grandchildren. It was a stupid thing for you to do.
CSB
28 but you didn't even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. You have acted foolishly.

Genesis 31:28 In-Context

26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You’ve deceived me, and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war.
27 Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?
28 You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.
29 I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
30 Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?”

Cross References 1

  • 1. ver 55; S Genesis 27:27; Ruth 1:14; Acts 20:37
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