Genesis 31:27
Why wouldst thou run away privately and not acquaint me, that I might have brought thee on the way with joy, and with songs, and with timbrels, and with harps?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
28Thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and daughters: thou hast done foolishly: and now, indeed,
Cross References
Genesis 24:59So they sent her away, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his company,
Genesis 31:20And Jacob would not confess to his father in law that he was flying away.
Exodus 15:20So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances:
Job 21:11Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.
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 →