Genesis 31:27

Catholic Public Domain Version

Why would you want to flee without my knowledge and without telling me, though I might have led you forward with gladness, and songs, and timbrels, and lyres?

Cross References

Genesis 31:26

And he said to Jacob: "Why have you acted this way, departing from me in secret, with my daughters like captives of the sword?

Genesis 31:31

Jacob answered: "I set out, unknown to you, because I feared that you might take away your daughters by violence.

Genesis 4:21

And the name of his brother was Jubal; he was the father of those who sing to the harp and the organ.

Exodus 15:20

And so Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took up a timbrel in her hand. And all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.

Isaiah 5:12

Harp and lyre and timbrel and pipe, as well as wine, are at your feasts. But you do not respect the work of the Lord, nor do you consider the works of his hands.

Judges 6:27

Therefore, Gideon, taking ten men from his servants, did just as the Lord had instructed him. But fearing his father's household, and the men of that city, he was not willing to do it by day. Instead, he completed everything by night.