28. And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons [grandchildren] and my daughters good-bye? Now you have done foolishly [in behaving like this].
29. It is in my power to do you harm; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Be careful that you do not speak from good to bad to Jacob [peaceably, then violently].
30. And now you felt you must go because you were homesick for your father's house, but why did you steal my [household] gods?
31. Jacob answered Laban, Because I was afraid; for I thought, Suppose you would take your daughters from me by force.