Genesis 31:27

Why have you hidden yourself to flee, and deceive me, and have not declared to me, and I send you away with joy and with songs, with tambourine and with harp,

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

26And Laban says to Jacob, “What have you done that you deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?

28and have not permitted me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have acted foolishly in doing [so];

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Cross References

Genesis 24:59And they send away their sister Rebekah, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men;

Genesis 31:20and Jacob deceives the heart of Laban the Aramean, because he has not declared to him that he is fleeing;

Exodus 15:20And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, takes the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;

Job 21:11They send forth their sucklings as a flock, || And their children skip,

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 →

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