Genesis 31:29-31

Living Bible

²⁹ I could crush you, but the God of your father appeared to me last night and told me, ‘Be careful not to be too hard on Jacob!’ ³⁰ But see here—though you feel you must go, and long so intensely for your childhood home—why have you stolen my idols?”

³¹ “I sneaked away because I was afraid,” Jacob answered. “I said to myself, ‘He’ll take his daughters from me by force.’