³¹ Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.^(A)

²⁶ Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done?^(A) You’ve deceived me,^(B) and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war.^{(C) 27} Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me,^(D) so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels^(E) and harps?^(F)

¹¹ Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God^(A) in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’^(B)