Genesis 29:26

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

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And he said to his father-in-law: What is it that thou didst mean to do? did not I serve thee for Rachel? Why hast thou deceived me?

Make up the week of days of this match: and I will give thee her also, for the service that thou shalt render me other seven years.

And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father: for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head.

For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.