Genesis 31:27

Modern English Version

Why did you flee away secretly and sneak away from me and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and with songs, with the tambourine and harp.

Cross References

Genesis 31:26

Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done that you have stolen away without my knowing and carried away my daughters like captives taken with the sword?

Genesis 31:31

Then Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.

Genesis 4:21

His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute.

Exodus 15:20

Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancing.

Isaiah 5:12

The lyre and the harp, the tambourine and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or consider the work of His hands.

Judges 6:27

So Gideon took ten men from among his slaves and did as the Lord had told him, but because he was too afraid of the rest of his father’s household and the men of the city to do it by day, he did it at night.