Early in the morning Laban arose and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned home.
And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell? Now you have done foolishly.
As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country.
And the Lord went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.” He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.
When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.
Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.
Then Balaam rose and went back to his place. And Balak also went his way.
And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.”
How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day for these my daughters or for their children whom they have borne?
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate him!”
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