Genesis 31:25-29
Genesis 31:25
And Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead.
Genesis 31:26
Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done by deceiving me and carrying away my daughters like captives of the sword?
Genesis 31:27
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 tambourine and with lyre;
Genesis 31:28
and did not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.
Genesis 31:29
It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful not to speak either good or bad to Jacob.’