Genesis 31:25-27

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The Search for the Stolen Idols

²⁵ So Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had ·made his camp [^Lpitched his tent] in the mountains, so Laban and his ·relatives [^Lbrothers] ·set up their camp [pitched] in the mountains of Gilead. ²⁶ Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You ·cheated me [deceived me; ^Lstole my heart] and ·took [^Lcarried away] my daughters as if you had captured them ·in a war [^Lwith a sword]. ²⁷ Why did you ·run away secretly [sneak off] and ·trick [deceive; ^Lsteal from] me? Why didn’t you tell me? Then I could have sent you away with joy and singing and with the music of tambourines and ·harps [lyres].