³¹ Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was ^(A)afraid, for I said, ‘Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.’

²⁶ And Laban said to Jacob: “What have you done, that you have stolen away unknown to me, and ^(A)carried away my daughters like captives taken with the sword? ²⁷ Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp?

¹¹ And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely ^(A)the fear of God is not in this place; and ^(B)they will kill me on account of my wife.