25 When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob’s tents were pitched in the hill country; Laban also pitched his tents in the hill country of Gilead.
26 Laban said to Jacob, “How could you hoodwink me and carry off my daughters like prisoners of war?
27 Why did you dupe me by stealing away secretly? You did not tell me! I would have sent you off with joyful singing to the sound of tambourines and harps.
28 You did not even allow me a parting kiss to my daughters and grandchildren! Now what you have done makes no sense.
29 I have it in my power to harm all of you; but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Take care not to say anything to Jacob!’
30 Granted that you had to leave because you were longing for your father’s house, why did you steal my gods?”
31 Jacob replied to Laban, “I was frightened at the thought that you might take your daughters away from me by force.