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Genesis 31:26-29 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

26. Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done that you tricked me and have carried off my daughters like captives of the sword?

27. Why did you hide your intention to flee and trick me, and did not tell me so that I would have sent you away with joy and song and tambourine and lyre?

28. And why did you not give me opportunity to kiss my grandsons and my daughters goodbye? Now you have behaved foolishly by doing this.

29. It is in my power to do harm to you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night saying, ‘Take care from speaking with Jacob, whether good or evil.’

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