Genesis 31:55
Good News Translation
Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters good-bye, and left to go back home.

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

Contemporary English Version
Early the next morning, Laban kissed his daughters and his grandchildren goodbye, then he left to go back home.

New American Bible
Early the next morning, Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them; then he set out on his journey back home.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Laban arose in the night, and kissed his sons and daughters, and blessed them: and returned to his place.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But Laban arose in the night, and kissed his sons and daughters, and blessed them: and returned to his place.

and kissed.

Genesis 31:28 Thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and daughters; thou hast done foolishly; and now indeed,

Genesis 33:4 Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept.

Ruth 1:14 And 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.

blessed.

Genesis 24:60 Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan:

Numbers 23:5,8,11 And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. . . .

Deuteronomy 23:5 And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee.

Proverbs 16:7 When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

returned.

Genesis 18:33 And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.

Genesis 30:25 And 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.

Numbers 24:25 And Balaam rose, and returned to his place: Balac also returned the way that he came.

Deuteronomy 32:36 The Lord will judge his people, and will have mercy on his servants: he shall see that their hand is weakened, and that they who were shut up have also failed, and they that remained are consumed.

Psalm 76:10 For the thought of man shall give praise to thee: and the remainders of the thought shall keep holiday to thee.

Acts 28:4,5 And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live. . . .

Context
Jacob's Covenant with Laban
54And after he had offered sacrifices in the mountain, he called his brethren to eat bread. And when they had eaten, they lodged there: 55But Laban arose in the night, and kissed his sons and daughters, and blessed them: and returned to his place.
Cross References
Genesis 31:28
Thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and daughters; thou hast done foolishly; and now indeed,

Genesis 31:43
Laban answered him: The daughters are mine, and the children, and thy flocks, and all things that thou seest are mine: what can I do to my children, and grandchildren?

2 Samuel 19:39
And when all the people and the king had passed over the Jordan, the king kissed Berzellai, and blessed him: and he returned to his own place.

Genesis 31:54
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