King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 29:26
“And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.”
Verse in context — Genesis 29
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And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an handmaid.
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And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah: 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?
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And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
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Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
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