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Genesis 29:26 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Genesis 29:26Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:2610 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָבָןlāvānLaban
לֹאlōʾNot
יֵעָשֶׂהyēʿāśehDo
כֵןḵēnSet upright
בִּמְקוֹמֵנוּbiməqwōmēnûIn standing
לָתֵתlātētTo give
הַצְּעִירָהhaṣəʿîrāhThe little
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
הַבְּכִירָהhabəḵîrāhThe eldest
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָבָןlāvānLaban
לֹאlōʾNot
יֵעָשֶׂהyēʿāśehDo
כֵןḵēnSet upright
בִּמְקוֹמֵנוּbiməqwōmēnûIn standing
לָתֵתlātētTo give
הַצְּעִירָהhaṣəʿîrāhThe little
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
הַבְּכִירָהhabəḵîrāhThe eldest

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