25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his [a]kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead. 26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done [b]by deceiving me and carrying away my daughters like captives of the sword? 27 Why did you flee secretly and [c]deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with (A)timbrel and with (B)lyre;

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:25 Lit brothers
  2. Genesis 31:26 Lit and you have stolen my heart
  3. Genesis 31:27 Lit steal me