Genesis 29:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country,c to give the younger before the firstborn. ”

Genesis 29:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Marriage 6. רחל rāchēl , Rachel, “a ewe.” 16. לאה lê'âh , Leah, “wearied.” 24. זלפה zı̂lpâh , Zilpah, “drop?” 29. בלהה bı̂lhâh , Bilhah, “timidity.” 32. ראוּ...
Genesis 29:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Laban said, (i) It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. (i) He valued the profit he had from Jacob's service more than either his promise or the customs...
Genesis 29:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob Serves Seven Years for Rachel. Laban Substitutes Leah and Secures Fourteen Years'service in Exchange for the Two. Apart from bits of P ( Genesis 29:24 ; Genesis 29:28 b , Genesis 29:29 )...
Genesis 29:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. It must not be so done in our country - It was an early custom to give daughters in marriage according...
Genesis 29:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Laban said, It must not, &c.— This appears to have been a mere shift, as we read of no such custom; or, had the fact been true, he ought to have informed Jacob before.
Genesis 29:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genesis 29:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob in Mesopotamia with Laban The divine care and blessing promised to Jacob at Bethel ( Genesis 28:15 ) are illustrated in the narrative of the sojourn of the patriarch at Haran, which apparent...
Genesis 29:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 29:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel Genesis 29:21-35 The chief lesson of this paragraph is its illustration of the awful nemesis which accompanies wrongdoing. No thoughtful person can watch the event...
Genesis 29:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Pursuing his journey after his experience at Luz, now called Beth-el, Jacob came into "the land of the children of the east." Here the next twenty years of his life were to be spent, during which he...
Genesis 29:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Laban said, it must not be so done in, our country ,.... Or "in our place" s; in this our city it is not usual and customary to do so; he does not deny what he had done in beguiling him, nor the...
Genesis 29:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. Ver. 26. It must not be so done in our country. ] A sorry excuse; but better, he thought, than none...
Genesis 29:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB MEETS RACHEL AND LABAN After many days of travel Jacob came to the land of his relatives. He could not phone to find his directions to their home, nor did he have any street and house number...
Genesis 29:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Marriage. B. C. 1753. 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brot...
Genesis 29:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This seems to be a false pretence; but if it had been true, custom is to give place to justice, by which he was obliged to perform his contract with him.
Genesis 29:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Laban said, “It is not so done in our place to give the younger before the firstborn. Fulfil the week of this one and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me...
Genesis 29:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 29:23 . He took Leah, his daughter, and brought her to him.] “The fraud was rendered possible by the Eastern custom of the bride being veiled, aided by the darkness of th...
Genesis 29:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 29:1 . Jacob went on his journey. Our version fails here to express the lively sense of the Hebrew, as in most versions. Levabit pedes; he tripped along with light feet, being now assure...
Genesis 29:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

He took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him Laban’s fraud on Jacob I. THE CHARACTER OF THE FRAUD. 1. Deliberate. 2. Bold. 3. Selfish. II. THE FRAUD CONSIDERED AS A RETRIBUTION...
Genesis 29:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob (probably at the month's end), Because thou art —literally, is it not that . thou art (cf. Genesis 27:36 ; 2 Samuel 23:19 )— my br...
Genesis 29:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
Genesis 29:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

country. Heb. place. Genesis 29:26
Genesis 29:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

It must be so done in our country — We have reason to think there was no such custom in his country; but if there was, and that he resolved to observe it, he should have told Jacob so, when he unde...

Genesis 29:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 29:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 29:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 29:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 29:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 29:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 29:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 29:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 29:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 29:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 29:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 29:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes