Genesis 29:26 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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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 in the morning, behold, 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

And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this one is the first-born; put your right hand upon his head.”

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many pangs.