Genesis 31:27

Why did you flee secretly, stealing away from me without telling me? I would have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp –

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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

26Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried away my daughters like captives of war!

28but you did not allow me to kiss my sons and daughters. You have acted foolishly.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:59So they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men.

Genesis 31:20So Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean – he did not tell him that he was going to flee.

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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