^55 [a] Early in the morning Laban arose and kissed ^(A)his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned home.

⁹ The Lord grant that you may find ^(A)rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

¹⁴ Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

²⁰ And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, ^(A)“Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

³⁷ And ^(A)there was much weeping on the part of all; ^(B)they embraced Paul and ^(C)kissed him,