31:55 (32:1) 2 Early in the morning Laban kissed 3 his grandchildren 4 and his daughters goodbye and blessed them. Then Laban left and returned home. 5
1 tn Heb “my sons and my daughters.” Here “sons” refers to “grandsons,” and has been translated “grandchildren” since at least one granddaughter, Dinah, was involved. The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 sn Beginning with 31:55, the verse numbers in the English Bible through 32:32 differ by one from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 31:55 ET = 32:1 HT, 32:1 ET = 32:2 HT, etc., through 32:32 ET = 32:33 HT. From 33:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
3 tn Heb “and Laban got up early in the morning and he kissed.”
4 tn Heb “his sons.”
5 tn Heb “to his place.”