Genesis 31:27
Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?
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28You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.
Cross References
Genesis 24:59So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.
Genesis 31:20And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.
Exodus 15:20And Miriam, the woman prophet, the sister of Aaron, took an instrument of music in her hand; and all the women went after her with music and dances.
Job 21:11They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the 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 →