Genesis 31:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore didst thou flee 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;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 31:27 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:21And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
- Genesis 24:59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
- Genesis 31:3Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
- Genesis 31:20Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
- Genesis 31:31“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Judges 6:27So 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.
- Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
- Proverbs 26:23Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
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