²⁷ Why did you hide your intention to flee and trick me,^[a] 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 grandsons^[b] and my daughters goodbye? Now you have behaved foolishly by doing this. ²⁹ It is in my power^[c] to do harm to you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night saying, ‘Take care^[d] from speaking with Jacob, whether good or evil.’