...supposes thev were extremely poor that had not a servant. Prm. xii. &.— HARMER. Ver. 26. And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born. The existence of this rule, and its application to practice, in those parts of the world, is confirmed...

...a whole week;" as they do to this day among the Christian inhabitants of Palestine.7 " Laban laid, It must not be so done in our country to give the younger before the first-born. Fulfil her week, and tve will give titee this also. (Gen. xxix. 26, 27.) And Samson said unto them,...

...applied to a chief of spirit, would engender in his breast a determination to seek revenge that nothing so done in our country to give the younger before the first-born." (Gen. c. 29, v. 26.) It was necessary to "fulfil a week" previously to obtaining the younger sister....

...as they do to this day among the Christian inhabitants of Palestine.7 " Laban taid, It must not he so done in our country to give the younger before the first-born. Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also. (Gen. xxix. 26, 27.) And Samson said unto them, I...

...whole week ;" as they do to this day among the Christian inhabitants of Palestine. 7 " Laban tend, 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. (Gen. xxix. 26, 27.) And Samson said unto them, I...

...expiration of that time, Laban, by an artifice, obliged him to marry Leah ; and excused it by saying, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born: he promised, however, to give him Rachel also, if he would serve him seven other years. To this Jacob...

...me ? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me ? 26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me...

...abhor the thought of meeting him, yet it must be done." In verse 26 of the same chapter it is said by Laban, " It must not be so done in our country to give the younger before the first born." " It has been said, (and with much truth,) that could Alexander revisit India, he would...

...? did not I serve with thee for Rachel ? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me ? 26 And Laban said, stiff-necked people : 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may i wax hot ag 27 Fulfil her w week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shall serve with...

...— as it was said, perhaps typically, concerning the first wife of the patriarch, (Gen. xxix. 26,) " It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born" — something resulting from the nature of things. The gospel dispensation, on the contrary, is something...