Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Laban dit: Ce n'est point la coutume dans ce lieu de donner la cadette avant l'aînée.
KJV
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
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