Genesis 31:27

לָמָּה נַחְבֵּאתָ לִבְרֹחַ וַתִּגְנֹב אֹתִי וְלֹא ־ הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי וָֽאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְשִׁרִים בְּתֹף וּבְכִנּֽוֹר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

26וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב מֶה עָשִׂיתָ וַתִּגְנֹב אֶת ־ לְבָבִי וַתְּנַהֵג אֶת ־ בְּנֹתַי כִּשְׁבֻיוֹת חָֽרֶב ׃

28וְלֹא נְטַשְׁתַּנִי לְנַשֵּׁק לְבָנַי וְלִבְנֹתָי עַתָּה הִסְכַּלְתָּֽ עֲשֽׂוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 24:59וַֽיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֶת ־ רִבְקָה אֲחֹתָם וְאֶת ־ מֵנִקְתָּהּ וְאֶת ־ עֶבֶד אַבְרָהָם וְאֶת ־ אֲנָשָֽׁיו ׃

Genesis 31:20וַיִּגְנֹב יַעֲקֹב אֶת ־ לֵב לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי עַל ־ בְּלִי הִגִּיד לוֹ כִּי בֹרֵחַ הֽוּא ׃

Exodus 15:20וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן אֶת ־ הַתֹּף בְּיָדָהּ וַתֵּצֶאןָ כָֽל ־ הַנָּשִׁים אַחֲרֶיהָ בְּתֻפִּים וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת ׃

Job 21:11יְשַׁלְּחוּ כַצֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶם וְיַלְדֵיהֶם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן ׃

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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