Genesis 29:26
24 And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
25 When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
27 Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
28 And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
- KJV
- And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
- WEB
- Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
- ASV
- And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.
- DARBY
- And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
- BLB
- And Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
- ÅB
- Laban svarte: Det er ikke skikk her hos oss å gi den yngste bort før den eldste.
- OTB
- Laban sa: «Det er ikke vår skikk her å gi den yngre datteren i ekteskap før den eldste.
- B1930
- Laban svarte: Det er ikke skikk her hos oss å gi den yngste bort før den eldste.