²⁷ Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp? ²⁸ And you did not allow me ^(A)to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now ^(B)you have done foolishly in so doing. ²⁹ It is in my power to do you harm, but the ^(C)God of your father spoke to me ^(D)last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’