Genesis 29:26 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁶ And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And Laban said, It is not permitted in our country to give the younger [in marriage] before the elder.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Laban said, “Where we live, we don’t give the younger woman before the oldest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Laban responded, "It is not the practice in this place to give the younger in marriage first.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ Laban answered: It is not the custom in this plac, to give the younger in marriage first.

Genesis 29:26 Cross References

Genesis 29:25

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Le´ah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

Genesis 29:27

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

Genesis 48:18

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.