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Genesis 31:28

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And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
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  1. Genesis 31:55Rank 1 from verse 28
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    55And 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.

  2. 1 Kings 19:20Rank 2 from verse 28
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    20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

  3. Acts 20:37Rank 3 from verse 28
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    37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,

  4. Ruth 1:14Rank 4 from verse 28
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    14And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

  5. 1 Corinthians 2:14Rank 5 from verse 28
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    14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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Genesis 31:28

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hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

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suffered

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Sense 1: Allowed or permitted. Sense 2: Bore, endured, or underwent pain, loss, or another experience.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

28And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

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29It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

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