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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Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.

Genesis 31:26
Then Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

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.

Job 21:12
singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.

Isaiah 5:12
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD, and fail to see the work of His hands.

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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.

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