Genesis 29:26

וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂה כֵן בִּמְקוֹמֵנוּ לָתֵת הַצְּעִירָה לִפְנֵי הַבְּכִירָֽה׃

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Hebrew

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֔ן לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה כֵ֖ן בִּמְקוֹמֵ֑נוּ לָתֵ֥ת הַצְּעִירָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הַבְּכִירָֽה׃

Greek (Septuagint)

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

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

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

Spanish

Y Labán respondió: No se hace así en nuestro lugar, que se dé la menor antes de la mayor.

English

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

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