Genesis 31:27 “Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me?…”

Genesis 31:27

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

World English Bible

Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;

American Standard Version

Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherfore diddest thou flie so secretly and steale away from me, and diddest not tel me, that I might haue sent thee foorth with mirth and with songs, with timbrel and with harpe?

Darby Translation

Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have conducted thee with mirth and with songs, with tambour and with harp;

Young's Literal Translation

Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,

Bible in Basic English

Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

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Cross references

“Wherefore”

Genesis 31:3–5 Genesis 31:31 Judges 6:27 Genesis 31:20 Genesis 31:21

Genesis 31:3–5 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:31 · BSB

“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

Judges 6:27 · BSB

So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.

Genesis 31:20 · BSB

Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

Genesis 31:21 · BSB

So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

“that I”

Proverbs 26:23–26

Proverbs 26:23–26 · BSB

Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

“with mirth”

Job 21:11–14 Genesis 24:59 Genesis 24:60

Job 21:11–14 · BSB

They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

Genesis 24:59 · BSB

So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

Genesis 24:60 · BSB

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”

“tabret”

Exodus 15:20

Exodus 15:20 · BSB

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

Also

Genesis 4:21

Genesis 4:21 · BSB

And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

28But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

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