 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
 | 1857 - 788 pages
...done unto me? Did not I serve thee 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." Now Jacob loved Eachel. She was of more value in his eyes than all other beside. So God... | |
 | Andrew John Jukes - 1858 - 484 pages
...done-uAto me? Did I not serve thee 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 first-born." Jacob gets Rachel after all; but against his will and unknown to him he embraces Leah... | |
 | 1859 - 456 pages
...country, to give the younger before the firstborn. Complete her week, and I will give thee this one 27 also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years." And Jacob did so, and completed 28 her week: and Laban gave him Rachel also his daughter for a wife. And Laban gave to Rachel... | |
 | 1860 - 334 pages
...Rachel, agrees to bestow Rachel on him also for wife in return for seven years of servitude. Laban says, "Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shall serve with me yet seven other years." Commentators would thus increase the length of a day of... | |
 | 1860 - 1346 pages
...aid not A 37 serve with thee for Rachel ? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me ? 26 And Laban said, n: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. 13 The wicked is sna firstborn. 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shall serve... | |
 | Alexander Taylor (of Muthill.) - 1861 - 244 pages
...giving him Leah his elder daughter instead of Rachel; his excuse for so doing was frivolous, saying, " It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born ;" hence another bargain, that Jacob should serve other seven years for Rachel, which he... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1862 - 610 pages
...rectified ; and the manner in which the parents justified themselves was precisely that of Laban : ' It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.' It is really the rule amongst the Armenians, that neither a younger son nor daughter be... | |
 | Onkelos, John Wesley Etheridge - 1862 - 596 pages
...younger before the elder. Fulfil now the seven days of the feast of this, and I will give thee also that for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. [JERUSALEM. Fulfil the seven days of this feast of Leah, and I will give.] And Jakob did so, and fulfilled... | |
 | Christian William H. Pauli - 1863 - 140 pages
...-f nanai n«t ie, " It must not be done so in our place, 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." The pronoun would be, as in the former members of the verse, in the plural, namely, " with us," if... | |
 | James Gracey Murphy - 1863 - 620 pages
...unto me ? Have I not served with thee for Rachel 1 And why hast thou beguiled me ? 26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born. 27 Fulfil the week of this, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou... | |
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