²⁸ And why did you not give me opportunity to kiss my grandsons^[a] and my daughters goodbye? Now you have behaved foolishly by doing this. ²⁹ It is in my power^[b] to do harm to you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night saying, ‘Take care^[c] 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?”