Genesis 31:27
Wherefore did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with delight, and with songs, with timbrel, and with harp?
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28And have not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? you have now done foolishly in so doing.
Cross References
Genesis 24:59And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Genesis 31:20And Jacob stole away unexpectedly to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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 →