Genesis 31:55

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And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

but you didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. You have acted foolishly.

But Esau ran to meet him, hugged him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. Then they wept.

Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

They blessed Rebekah, saying to her:

Our sister, may you become
thousands upon ten thousands.
May your offspring possess
the gates of their enemies.

Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him: “Don’t take a wife from the Canaanite women.

Then the Lord put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”

Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but He turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.

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

Then Moses said good-bye to his father-in-law, and he journeyed to his own land.