Genesis 31:27
Why did thou flee secretly, and creep away from me, and did not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp,
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In Context
28and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou have done foolishly.
Cross References
Genesis 24:59And they sent Rebekah their sister away, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Genesis 31:20And Jacob slipped away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.
Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:26-36
Laban's Pursuit after Jacob. ( b. c. 1739.) 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 27 Wherefore 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? 28… Read the whole commentary →