Genesis 31:26

26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You’ve deceived me, and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war.

Genesis 31:26 in Other Translations

KJV
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
ESV
26 And Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have tricked me and driven away my daughters like captives of the sword?
NLT
26 “What do you mean by deceiving me like this?” Laban demanded. “How dare you drag my daughters away like prisoners of war?
MSG
26 "What do you mean," said Laban, "by keeping me in the dark and sneaking off, hauling my daughters off like prisoners of war?
CSB
26 Then Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done? You have deceived me and taken my daughters away like prisoners of war!

Genesis 31:26 In-Context

24 Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
25 Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there too.
26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You’ve deceived me, and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war.
27 Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?
28 You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Genesis 12:18
  • 2. S Genesis 27:36
  • 3. Genesis 34:29; 1 Samuel 30:2-3
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