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24 Laban also gave his servant woman Zilpah to Leah to be her maidservant. 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.

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Footnotes

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

24 And Laban gave his servant Zilpah(A) to his daughter as her attendant.(B)

25 When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me?(C) I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?(D)

26 Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one.(E)

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