²⁶ Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.”

²⁸ You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye.^(A) You have done a foolish thing.

²⁰ Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,”^(A) he said, “and then I will come with you.”

“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”