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Genesis 29:26

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

KJV

Respondit Laban : Non est in loco nostro consuetudinis, ut minores ante tradamus ad nuptias.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ Λαβάν Οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτως ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἡμῶν, δοῦναι τὴν νεωτέραν πρὶν ἢ τὴν πρεσβυτέραν·

LXX

And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֔ן לֹא יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה כֵ֖ן בִּ/מְקוֹמֵ֑/נוּ לָ/תֵ֥ת הַ/צְּעִירָ֖ה לִ/פְנֵ֥י הַ/בְּכִירָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְּכִירָה֙
bkyrh
noun · 6×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צָּעִ֖יר
ts'yr
adjective · 24×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 6:10 — For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.