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You did notוְלֹאeven let meנְטַשְׁתַּנִיkissלְנַשֵּׁקmy sonsלְבָנַיand my daughters.וְלִבְנֹתָיNowעַתָּהyou have acted foolishly.הִסְכַּלְתָּ עֲשׂוֹ
Genesis 31:28
Study it in the app“You did not even let me kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have acted foolishly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:28, word by word
- even let meנְטַשְׁתַּnetashta
permit
To give way to something without preventing it.
Where else “netashta” appears- kissנַשֵּׁקnashek
kiss
To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.
Where else “nashek” appears- my sonsבָנַvana
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vana” appears- and my daughtersבְנֹתָvenota
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venota” appears- you have acted foolishlyהִסְכַּלְתָּhiskalta
act foolishly
Act like a fool, do something foolish.
Where else “hiskalta” appears- you have acted foolishlyעֲשׂוֹaso
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “aso” appears
The context
27Why did you secretly flee, deceive me, and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and with songs, with tambourine and with lyre.
28 · This verse (above)
29It is in the power of my hand to do you harm; but the Elohim of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful not to speak with Jacob either good or bad.’
To study Genesis 31 in a group
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?