The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 29:26

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And Laban said, It must not be so done—the future expresses the thought that the custom has grown into a strong moral obligation (Kalisch)—in our country (Hebrew, place), to give the younger before the first-born.

The same custom exists among the Indians, Egyptians (Lane), and other Oriental countries (Delitzsch).

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