Catholic Public Domain Version
"You have not permitted me to kiss my sons and daughters. You have acted foolishly. And now, indeed, "
— Genesis 31:28, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.”
“and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly. ”
“and didn't allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now have you done foolishly.”
“You didn’t even allow me to kiss my daughters and my grandchildren goodbye. You have acted foolishly!”
“Thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and daughters; thou hast done foolishly; and now indeed,”
“You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.”
“And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.”
And now Jacob had pitched his tent at the mountain. And when he, with his brothers, had overtaken him, he set his tent at the same place at Mount Gilead.
And he said to Jacob: “Why have you acted this way, departing from me in secret, with my daughters like captives of the sword?
Why would you want to flee without my knowledge and without telling me, though I might have led you forward with gladness, and songs, and timbrels, and lyres?
You have not permitted me to kiss my sons and daughters. You have acted foolishly. And now, indeed,
my hand has power to repay you with harm. But the God of your father said to me yesterday, ‘Beware that you not speak anything stern against Jacob.’
It may be that you desired to go to your own, and that you longed for the house of your father. But why have you stolen my gods?”
Jacob answered: “I set out, unknown to you, because I feared that you might take away your daughters by violence.