Genesis 31:55

Jacob Flees From Laban

⁵⁴ Then Jacob offered a sacrifice [to the Lord] on the mountain, and called his relatives to the meal; and they ate food and spent the night on the mountain. ⁵⁵ Early in the morning Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters [goodbye] and pronounced a blessing [asking God’s favor] on them. Then Laban left and returned home.

Early in the Morning

Early the Next Morning

Laban

Genesis 31:28

And why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and my daughters [goodbye]? Now you have done a foolish thing [in behaving like this].

Genesis 18:33

As soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham the Lord departed, and Abraham returned to his own place.

Genesis 30:25

Now when Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go back to my own place and to my own country.

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah and said to her,

“May you, our sister,
Become [the mother of] thousands of ten thousands,
And may your descendants possess (conquer)
The [city] gate of those who hate them.”

Genesis 28:1

So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan.

Genesis 31:43

Laban answered Jacob, “These women [that you married] are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, these flocks are [from] my flocks, and all that you see [here] is mine. But what can I do today to these my daughters or to their children to whom they have given birth?

Genesis 33:4

But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and hugged his neck and kissed him, and they wept [for joy].

Numbers 23:5

Then the Lord put a speech in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus.”

Numbers 23:8

“How shall I curse those whom God has not cursed?
Or how can I [violently] denounce those the Lord has not denounced?

Numbers 23:11

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but here you have [thoroughly] blessed them instead!”

Numbers 24:25

Then Balaam arose and departed and returned to his place, and Balak also went on his way.

Deuteronomy 23:5

Nevertheless, the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God has loved you.

Deuteronomy 32:36

“For the Lord will vindicate His people,
And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength (hand) is gone,
And none remains, whether bond or free.

Ruth 1:14

Then they wept aloud again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [goodbye], but Ruth clung to her.

Psalm 76:10

For the wrath of man shall praise You;
With a remnant of wrath You will clothe and arm Yourself.

Proverbs 16:7

When a man’s ways please the Lord,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Acts 28:4-5

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, Justice [the avenging goddess] has not permitted him to live.”