And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.
WEB
Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
YLT
And Laban saith, `It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born;
DBT
And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)