Genesis 31:29-31

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁹ It is in my power to do you harm; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, “Take heed that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.” ³⁰ Even though you had to go because you longed greatly for your father’s house, why did you steal my gods?’ ³¹ Jacob answered Laban, ‘Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.