Genesis 31:27
Why did you flee secretly and trick me and did not tell me? I would have sent you away with celebration and with songs, with tambourine and with harps.
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28You did not allow me to kiss my grandsons and my daughters good bye. Now you have done foolishly.
Cross References
Genesis 24:59So they sent their sister Rebekah, along with her female servant, on her journey with Abraham's servant and his men.
Genesis 31:20Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean, by not telling him that he was leaving.
Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, sister of Aaron, picked up a tambourine, and all the women went out with tambourines, dancing along with her.
Job 21:11They send out their little ones like a flock, 1 and their children dance. 1
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 →