23. so Laban took his brothers with him, chased Jacob for seven days, and caught up with him in the mountains of Gilead.
24. That night, God appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and said, "Be careful and don’t say anything hastily to Jacob one way or the other."
25. Laban reached Jacob after Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains. So Laban and his brothers also pitched theirs in the mountains of Gilead.
26. Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done? You have deceived me and taken off with my daughters as if they were prisoners of war.
27. Why did you leave secretly, deceiving me, and not letting me know? I would’ve sent you off with a celebration, with songs and tambourines and harps.