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Genesis 29:26
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KJ21
And Laban said, “It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
ASV
And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.
AMP
But Laban only said, “It is not the tradition here to give the younger [daughter in marriage] before the older.
AMPC
And Laban said, It is not permitted in our country to give the younger [in marriage] before the elder.
BRG
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
CSB
Laban answered, “It is not the custom in our country to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.
CSBA
Laban answered, ‘It is not the custom in our country to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.
CEB
Laban said, “Where we live, we don’t give the younger woman before the oldest.
CJB
Lavan answered, “In our place that isn’t how it’s done, to give the younger daughter before the firstborn.
CEV
Laban replied, “In our country the older daughter must get married first.
DARBY
And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
DRA
Laban answered: It is not the custom in this place, to give the younger in marriage first.
ERV
Laban said, “In our country we don’t allow the younger daughter to marry before the older daughter.
EASY
Laban replied, ‘In our land, we do not give the younger daughter to a man first. We let the older daughter marry first.
EHV
Laban said, “That is not the way we do it here. We do not give the younger before the firstborn.
ESV
Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
ESVUK
Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
EXB
Laban said, “In our ·country [L place] we do not allow the younger daughter to marry before the ·older daughter [L firstborn].
GNV
And Laban answered, It is not the manner of this place, to give the younger before the elder.
GW
Laban answered, “It’s not our custom to give the younger daughter ⌞in marriage⌟ before the older one.
GNT
Laban answered, “It is not the custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
HCSB
Laban answered, “It is not the custom in this place to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.
ICB
Laban said, “In our country we do not allow the younger daughter to marry before the older daughter.
ISV
But Laban responded, “It’s not the practice of our place to give the younger one in marriage before the firstborn.
JUB
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country to give the younger before the firstborn.
KJV
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
AKJV
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
LSB
But Laban said, “It is not the practice in our place to give the younger before the firstborn.
LEB
Then Laban said, “It is not the custom in our country to give the younger before the firstborn.
TLB
“It’s not our custom to marry off a younger daughter ahead of her sister,” Laban replied smoothly.
MSG
“We don’t do it that way in our country,” said Laban. “We don’t marry off the younger daughter before the older. Enjoy your week of honeymoon, and then we’ll give you the other one also. But it will cost you another seven years of work.”
MEV
Then Laban said, “It is not the custom in our country to marry off the younger before the firstborn.
NOG
Laban answered, “It’s not our custom to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one.
NABRE
Laban replied, “It is not the custom in our country to give the younger daughter before the firstborn.
NASB
But Laban said, “It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn.
NASB1995
But Laban said, “It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn.
NCB
Laban answered, “It is not the custom in our land to give the younger one before the older one.
NCV
Laban said, “In our country we do not allow the younger daughter to marry before the older daughter.
NET
“It is not our custom here,” Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.
NIRV
Laban replied, “It isn’t our practice here to give the younger daughter to be married before the older one.
NIV
Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one.
NIVUK
Laban replied, ‘It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the elder one.
NKJV
And Laban said, “It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
NLV
Laban said, “It is not allowed in our country to give the younger in marriage before the first-born.
NLT
“It’s not our custom here to marry off a younger daughter ahead of the firstborn,” Laban replied.
NRSVA
Laban said, ‘This is not done in our country—giving the younger before the firstborn.
NRSVACE
Laban said, ‘This is not done in our country—giving the younger before the firstborn.
NRSVCE
Laban said, “This is not done in our country—giving the younger before the firstborn.
NRSVUE
Laban said, “This is not done in our country—giving the younger before the firstborn.
OJB
And Lavan said, It must not be so done in our land, to give the younger before the bechirah.
RGT
And Laban answered, “It is not the custom of this place to give the younger before the elder.
RSV
Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.
RSVCE
Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.
TLV
But Laban said, “It’s not done so in our place—to give the younger before the first-born.
VOICE
Laban: That isn’t something we do here in this country—giving the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.
WEB
Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
WYC
Laban answered, It is not custom in our place that we give first the younger daughter to weddings; (And Laban answered, It is not the custom in our place that we give the younger daughter first in a wedding;)
YLT
And Laban saith, `It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born;
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