Genesis 31:27
Why would you want to flee without my knowledge and without telling me, though I might have led you forward with gladness, and songs, and timbrels, and lyres?
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28You have not permitted me to kiss my sons and daughters. You have acted foolishly. And now, indeed,
Cross References
Genesis 24:59Therefore, they released her and her nurse, and the servant of Abraham and his companions,
Genesis 31:20And Jacob was not willing to confess to his father-in-law that he was fleeing.
Exodus 15:20And so Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took up a timbrel in her hand. And all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.
Job 21:11Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children jump around playfully.
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 →