And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
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For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
Numbers
Law / MosesA lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Deuteronomy
LawBe ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job
WisdomAnd ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesI am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBefore I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job
Wisdom / JobI will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahBut one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Hebrews
General EpistlesDearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterForasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Amos
Minor ProphetsWho is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Ezra
HistoryAnd next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
Numbers
LawDuke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
Genesis
Law / MosesIf a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
Esther
History / MordecaiAs soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
Genesis
Law / MosesCome up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.