Genesis 31:27
Why didst thou conceal thy going, (or conceal thyself to go,) and didst hide it from me, and not show me, that I might then have sent thee away with mirth, and with hymns, and with tambourines, and with harps?
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
28Nor didst thou suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now hast thou done foolishly.
Cross References
Genesis 24:59And they dismissed Revekah their sister, and her nurse, and the servant of Abraham, and his men.
Genesis 31:20And Jakob concealed from Laban the Aramite, and showed him not that he went.
Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aharon, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and choruses.
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 →