Genesis 31:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

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  • Gen 31:55 : 55 And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.
  • Ruth 1:9 : 9 May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.
  • Ruth 1:14 : 14 Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.
  • 1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
  • Acts 20:37 : 37 And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
  • 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.
  • 1 Sam 13:13 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.
  • Exod 4:27 : 27 And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss.
  • Gen 29:13 : 13 And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.
  • Gen 31:3 : 3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.
  • Gen 31:13 : 13 I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.
  • Gen 31:24 : 24 Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

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  • Gen 31:26-27
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    26 And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

    27 Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

  • Gen 31:29-31
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    78%

    29 It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

    30 And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

    31 And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

  • Gen 31:42-43
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    74%

    42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

    43 Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?

  • Gen 44:27-30
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    27 And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;

    28 The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,

    29 If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

    30 If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

  • Gen 27:8
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    8 Now, my son, do what I say.

  • Gen 44:34
    72%

    34 For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

  • Gen 42:36
    72%

    36 And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

  • Gen 31:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5 And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

    6 And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,

    7 But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.

  • Gen 27:26
    71%

    26 And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.

  • Gen 27:45
    71%

    45 Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?

  • Gen 30:26
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    26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have knowledge of all the work I have done for you.

  • Gen 31:55
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    55 And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

  • Gen 27:12
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    12 If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.

  • Gen 42:38
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    38 And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

  • Deut 32:6
    71%

    6 Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.

  • Gen 31:36-37
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    36 Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

    37 Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

  • Jer 3:4
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    4 Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?

  • Gen 31:50
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    50 If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

  • Gen 31:16
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    16 For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

  • Gen 30:29-30
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    29 Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

    30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

  • Gen 44:23
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    23 But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.

  • Gen 43:6
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    6 And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?

  • Prov 17:25
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    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Gen 30:2
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    2 But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

  • Gen 27:38
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    38 And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.

  • 1 Sam 28:18
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    18 Because you did not do what the Lord said, and did not give effect to his burning wrath against Amalek. So the Lord has done this thing to you today.

  • Gen 27:36
    69%

    36 And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

  • Gen 48:10
    69%

    10 Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.

  • Gen 44:21
    69%

    21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

  • Gen 24:38
    69%

    38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • Gen 27:18
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    18 And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I: who are you, my son?