“Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?”
Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps? The imagined generous send-off Laban claims he would have given is probably counterfactual — his past behavior gives no grounds for confidence in it. The application: the version of yourself presented in a confrontation is often the best possible version, not the actual one.
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