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Genesis 29:26

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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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  1. Genesis 29:24

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

  2. Genesis 29:25

    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?

  3. Genesis 29:27

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

  4. Genesis 29:28

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.