THEOSISGenesis 31:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Why wouldst thou run away privately, and not acquaint me, that I might have brought thee on the way with joy, and with songs, and with timbrels, and with harps?
לָ֤מָּה נַחְבֵּ֙אתָ֙ לִבְרֹ֔חַ וַתִּגְנֹ֖ב אֹתִ֑י וְלֹא־הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֔י וָֽאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ֛ בְּשִׂמְחָ֥ה וּבְשִׁרִ֖ים בְּתֹ֥ף וּבְכִנּֽוֹר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 15:20So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Judg 6:27Then Gedeon, taking ten men of his servants, did as the Lord had commanded him. But fearing his father's house, and the men of that city, he would not do it by day, but did all by night.
- Gen 31:3Especially the Lord saying to him: Return into the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee.
- Gen 31:5And said to them: I see your father's countenance is not towards me as yesterday and the other day: but the God of my father hath been with me.
- Gen 24:59So they sent her away, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his company.
- Gen 24:60Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.
- Prov 26:23Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthern vessel adorned with silver dross.
- Prov 26:26He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly.