³¹ Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.

²⁶ And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have ^(A)tricked me and driven away my daughters like captives of the sword? ²⁷ Why did you flee secretly ^(B)and trick me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre?

¹¹ Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ^(A)‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and ^(B)they will kill me because of my wife.’