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.
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Wherefore.

Genesis 31:3-5, 20, 21, 31
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you." . . .

Judges 6:27
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.

steal away from me.

Genesis 31:20
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

that I.

Proverbs 26:23-26
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart. . . .

with mirth.

Genesis 24:59, 60
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham's servant and his men. . . .

Job 21:11-14
They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about, . . .

tabret.

Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Why did you secretly flee from me, deceive me, and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and lyres,

International Standard Version
ran away from me secretly, and stole from me by not keeping me informed. Otherwise, I could have sent you off with a party and singing, accompanied by a band playing tambourines and harps.

NET Bible
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?
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