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25 The next morning, Jacob[a] realized that it was Leah! “What have you done to me?” he demanded of Laban. “Didn’t I serve you for seven years in order to marry Rachel? Why did you deceive me?”

26 But Laban responded, “It’s not the practice of our place to give the younger one in marriage[b] before the firstborn. 27 Fulfill the week for this daughter,[c] then we’ll give you the other one in exchange for serving me another seven years.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:25 Lit. he
  2. Genesis 29:26 The Heb. lacks in marriage
  3. Genesis 29:27 Lit. one