25 And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his kinsmen pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead. 26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done that you ⌊tricked me⌋i and have carried off my daughters like captives of the sword? 27 Why did you hide your intention to flee and ⌊trick me⌋,j 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 grandsonsk and my daughters goodbye? Now you have behaved foolishly by doing this. 29 ⌊It is in my power⌋l to do harm to you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night saying, ‘⌊Take care⌋m from speaking with Jacob, whether good or evil.’ 30 Now, you have surely gone because you desperately longed for the house of your father, but why did you steal my gods?” 31 Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I thought, ‘Lest you take your daughters from me by force.’ 32 But with whomever you find your gods, he shall not live. In the presence of your kinsmen now identify what is with me that is yours and take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.