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Labanלָבָןsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“It is notלֹאdoneיֵעָשֶׂהsoכֵןin our place,בִּמְקוֹמֵנוּto giveלָתֵתthe youngerהַצְּעִירָהbeforeלִפְנֵיthe firstborn.הַבְּכִירָה
Genesis 29:26
Study it in the app“Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 29:26, word by word
- Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- doneיֵעָשֶׂהyease
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yease” appears- in our placeמְקוֹמֵmekome
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekome” appears- to giveתֵתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- the youngerצְּעִירָהtseira
younger
The youngest.
Where else “tseira” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the firstbornבְּכִירָהbechira
firstborn daughter
The firstborn daughter, the elder daughter.
Where else “bechira” appears
The context
25In the morning, look, she was Leah! And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why have you deceived me?”
26 · This verse (above)
27Complete the week of this one, and we will give you that one too, for the service that you will serve with me yet another seven years.”
To study Genesis 29 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Jacob’s seven years of service were over, and what did he say to Laban (vv. 20-28)?
2. What it means
What irony is there in Jacob, who deceived his father, now being deceived by Laban (v. 25)?
3. How I live it
How can you stay honest with others even when the opposite would suit you better?