Genesis 31:27
Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have conducted thee with mirth and with songs, with tambour and with harp;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
28and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.
Cross References
Genesis 24:59And they sent away Rebecca their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Genesis 31:20And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.
Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours 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 →