Genesis 31:27

New International Reader's Version

Why did you run away in secret and trick me? Why didn’t you tell me? Then I could have sent you away happily. We could have sung to the music of tambourines and harps.

Cross References

Genesis 31:26

Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have tricked me. You have taken my daughters away like prisoners of war.

Genesis 31:31

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

Genesis 4:21

His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the father of everyone who plays stringed instruments and wind instruments.

Exodus 15:20

Aaron’s sister Miriam was a prophet. She took a tambourine in her hand. All the women followed her. They played tambourines and danced.

Isaiah 5:12

They have harps and lyres at their banquets. They have tambourines, flutes and wine. But they don’t have any concern for the mighty acts of the Lord. They don’t have any respect for what his power has done.

Judges 6:27

So Gideon went and got ten of his servants. He did just as the Lord had told him. But he was afraid of his family. He was also afraid of the people in the town. So he did everything at night instead of during the day.