complete verse (Genesis 29:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:26:

  • Kankanaey: “Laban said answering, ‘Well-you-see it’s not our (excl.) custom here to precede to give-in-marriage the younger-sibling before the older-sibling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Laban said — ‘We do not have the custom of marrying the younger daughter if the older daughter is not [yet] married.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Laban replied, ‘That (is) not the custom here in our (incl.) place that the younger-one will-be-caused-to-marry before the older-one.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Laban replied, ‘In this land, it is not our custom to give a younger daughter to be married before we let someone marry our firstborn daughter.” (Source: Translation for Translators)