THEOSISGenesis 31:55Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But Laban arose in the night, and kissed his sons and daughters, and blessed them: and returned to his place.
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 31:28Thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and daughters; thou hast done foolishly; and now indeed,
- Gen 18:33And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.
- Gen 30:25And when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his father-in-law: Send me away, that I may return into my country, and to my land.
- Num 23:5And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.
- Ps 76 (75):10
- Deut 23:5And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee.
- Ruth 1:14And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep again: Orpha kissed her mother in law, and returned: Ruth stuck close to her mother in law.
- Num 23:8How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?