Verse 28
Genesis 31:28
Bible in Basic English
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You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לֹ֣א נְטַשְׁתַּ֔/נִי לְ/נַשֵּׁ֥ק לְ/בָנַ֖/י וְ/לִ/בְנֹתָ֑/י עַתָּ֖ה הִסְכַּ֥לְתָּֽ עֲשֽׂוֹ
English Translation
And you did not leave me to kiss my sons and my daughters; now you have acted foolishly.
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Chapter 31 Context
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Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father'...
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And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.
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Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will...
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And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.
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And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; bu...
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And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,
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But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God...
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If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth t...
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So God (Elohim) has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.
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And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were jo...
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And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.
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And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban...
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I am the God (Elohim) of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then,...
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Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's ho...
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Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all use...
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For the wealth which God (Elohim) has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever Go...
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Then Jacob put his wives and his sons on camels;
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And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram,...
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Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the image...
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And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.
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So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of G...
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And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.
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And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the...
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Then God (Elohim) came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing...
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Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothe...
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And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of wa...
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Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you aw...
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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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It is in my power to do you damage: but the God (Elohim) of your father came to me this night, sayin...
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And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why hav...
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And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force...
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As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for w...
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So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, b...
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Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And...
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And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in...
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Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me...
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Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear...
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These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not...
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Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; y...
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This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went fro...
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These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your...
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If the God (Elohim) of my father, the God (Elohim) of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been wi...
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Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks...
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Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.
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Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.
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And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the...
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And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.
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And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Ga...
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And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doing...
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If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then thoug...
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And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;
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They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these sto...
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May the God (Elohim) of Abraham and the God (Elohim) of Nahor, the God (Elohim) of their father, be...
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And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had...
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And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to hi...
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