The Ancient TableGenesis 29:26–27 · Daily Genesis story
Laban’s answer
Jacob has challenged Laban after the wedding morning. Laban appeals to the custom of giving the firstborn daughter in marriage first. He then proposes that Jacob fulfill this wedding week and serve seven more years.
AI-generated cinematic reconstruction. The passage anchors Laban’s answer and proposal. Faces, emotions, clothing, footwear, the field conversation and exact pasture layout are illustrative. Herding and settled farming inform this fuller flock and vegetation; the passage does not specify this conversation’s location. The appeal to custom is Laban’s explanation; independent ancient documents give little support for treating it as a universal rule.
The wedding week comes before the further service. The next passage follows its completion and Rachel’s marriage.
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Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn. Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.”
Genesis 29:26–27 · World English Bible
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