Verse 26

{ "verseID": "Genesis.29.26", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֔ן לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה כֵ֖ן בִּמְקוֹמֵ֑נוּ לָתֵ֥ת הַצְּעִירָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הַבְּכִירָֽה׃", "text": "*wa-yōʾmer* *lābān*, not-*yēʿāśeh* so in-*məqômēnû* to-give the-*ṣəʿîrāh* before the-*bəkîrāh*", "grammar": { "*wa-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*lābān*": "proper noun, masculine - Laban", "*yēʿāśeh*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is done", "*məqômēnû*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st common plural suffix - our place", "*ṣəʿîrāh*": "adjective, feminine singular with definite article - the younger", "*bəkîrāh*": "adjective, feminine singular with definite article - the firstborn/elder" }, "variants": { "*yēʿāśeh*": "is done/is practiced/is customary", "*məqômēnû*": "our place/our country/our custom" } }

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