 It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first born. Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me, yet seven other years." " And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week, and...  The Modern Sabbath Examined - Page 248de Henry Bannerman - 1832 - 297 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 446 pages
...? did not I serve with thee 56 for Rachel ? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me. ? And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. This was a sorry answer g probably there тая no such custom; if there wat, he ought to... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1812 - 546 pages
...same artifice practised by the daughters of Lot: consult Genesis c. xix. v. 50—6. "And Laban said, it must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born." Dr. Patrick observes here : " We do not read of any such ancient custom ; and therefore... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1812 - 602 pages
...same artifice practised by the daughters of Lot: consult Genesis c. xix. v. 30—6Y "And Laban said, it must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born." Dr. Patrick observes here : " We do not read of any such ancient custom ; and therefore... | |
 | Charles Crawford (calling himself earl of Crawford.) - 1814 - 224 pages
...unnatural construction of their language, but from their own express declarations. It is said in Genesis, " Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shale serve with me yet seven other years f." And in Ezekiel, " And thou shalt bear the iniquity of... | |
 | 1814 - 596 pages
...Laban to Jacob, and we will give t/¡ce this ulao, (ie Kuchd.) for the service which thou shall sent; with me yet seven other years. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. That the week here referred to consisted of seven days, muet, I think, be obvious to every one, who... | |
 | 1815 - 528 pages
...brother remains unmarried. [Maurice, Ind. Ant. vol. 7. p. 329. Genesis, xxix. 26. And Laban said : It must not be so done in our country to give the younger before the first born. Genesis, xxxi, 45,51. And Jacob took a stone and set it up fot * pillar. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold... | |
 | Robert May - 1819 - 400 pages
...serve V-'ith thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? And Lahan said, it must D 7 not not be so done in our Country to give the younger before the firstborn. This was a very poor excuse for the disappointment of Jacob, why did he not tell Jacob so... | |
 | J. Hough - 1821 - 330 pages
...expiration of the time, Laban, by an artifice, obliged him to marry Leah ; and excused it by saying, " It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born." He promised, however, to give him Rachel also, if he would serve him seven oilier years.... | |
 | Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 316 pages
...me ? did not I serve with thee for Rachel ? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me. 2o And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.** 2/ Fulfil her week, and we mil give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt... | |
 | David Jennings - 1823 - 654 pages
...with Leah and Rachel, we meet with this expression, " Laban said, fulfil her week, yattf shebhuang, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years," Gen. xxix, 27. That the word yattf shebhuang here signifies a week of days, is plain from its being... | |
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