"And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. {country: Heb. place}" — Genesis 29:26

Genesis 29:26 · KJV

“And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. {country: Heb. place}”

— Genesis 29:26

Verse 25

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?

Verse 27

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

Genesis 29 — Context

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid {for} an handmaid.

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. {country: Heb. place}

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.