Genesis 29:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁶ Laban said, “This is not done in our country—giving 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.

Genesis 29:26 Cross References

Genesis 29:25

When morning came, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”

Genesis 29:27

Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.”

Genesis 48:18

Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father! Since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.”

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.